Rasmus Lerdorf:
> Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Rasmus Lerdorf:
> >> Consider very common (abbreviated) code like this:
> >>
> >> $user_data = $_REQUEST['data'];
> >> switch($output_format) {
> >
> > Question: where is the output format feature documented?
> >
> > Once I know the output format is not HTML, then I know
> > that applying HTML-style restrictions is not appropriate.
> >
> > I did search around but came up empty handed.
>
> That's just an example. People building REST-based web services will
> typically include an output format parameter. Or they determine the
> output format based on other criteria. It's completely up to the script
> author which output format he wants to use and how he wants to make that
> decision.
Would perhaps the Content-Type: information be stored somewhere in
HTTP response, or is this hopeless because of multi-part documents?
If Content-Type: header information were available, then I could use
that to choose the proper rule.
As I mentioned, I don't want to get involved with guessing games.
Wietse
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