[ANNOUNCEMENT] pecl_http-0.5.0 (alpha) Released.

The new PECL package pecl_http-0.5.0 (alpha) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * added ob_httpetaghandler() (has major limitations compared to http_cache_etag()) * smarter ob handling in http_cache_etag() - used buffers will be fetched, freed and piped through again, so that everything passes the etag ob handler * added static final HTTPi class (PHP5) providing fairly every function as static method * added HTTPi_Response class (PHP5) * added HTTPi_Request class, only HEAD/GET support for now (PHP5/curl) * renamed http_content_type() and http_content_disposition() to http_send_* Package Info ------------- * Building absolute URIs * RCF compliant HTTP redirects * RFC compliant HTTP date handling * Parsing of HTTP headers and responses * Caching by "Last-Modified" and/or ETag (with 'on the fly' option for ETag generation from buffered output) * Sending data/files/streams with (multiple) ranges support * Negotiating user preferred language/charset * Convenient request functions to HEAD/GET/POST if libcurl is available * HTTP auth hooks (Basic) * HTTPi, HTTPi_Response and HTTPi_Request (with libcurl) classes Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=pecl_http Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/pecl_http-0.5.0.tgz Authors ------------- Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> (lead)