Re: HTTP_Client, HTTP_Request or Net_Url problem

Justin Patrin wrote: >> Now, this is likely possible that this violates the spec, but in this >> case other Agents can handle this pretty good, so maybe this can done >> with the PEAR components too? >> > > As Phillipe said, space is not allowed in URLs. Whatever webserver is > sending the bad redirect *ought* to be fixed. > > That said, this case is one that is easily fixable by the agent as > space (AFAIK) has no special meanung in URLs. This could easily be > fixed in Net_URL when a URL is given to it, but IMHO it should be done > as an option so that incorrect URLs can also be detected and an error > returned. I through that too, but in real live all browser are capable of handling a 'space' in 'Location:' header properly without telling the user of an invalid url. So, as you said, it boils down to: * what should Net_URL do with invalid URLs? * Should it be possible to have a valid Net_URL object with an invalid URL? - Markus