[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/functions filesystem.xml

[Ken Coar]

coar            Sun Jul  8 09:37:40 2001 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/functions        filesystem.xml 
  Log:
  
        A little clarification about what you get when you read from an
        fopen'd http:// URL.
  
  
  
Index: phpdoc/en/functions/filesystem.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/filesystem.xml:1.76 phpdoc/en/functions/filesystem.xml:1.77
--- phpdoc/en/functions/filesystem.xml:1.76     Sat Jul  7 23:54:12 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/functions/filesystem.xml  Sun Jul  8 09:37:39 2001
@@ -1140,9 +1140,15 @@
     <simpara>
      If <parameter>filename</parameter> begins with "http://"; (not
      case sensitive), an HTTP 1.0 connection is opened to the
-     specified server and a file pointer is returned to the beginning
-     of the text of the response. A 'Host:' header is sent with the
+     specified server, the page is requested using the HTTP GET
+     method, and a file pointer is returned to the beginning
+     of the body of the response. A 'Host:' header is sent with the
      request in order to handle name-based virtual hosts.
+    </simpara>
+    <simpara>
+     Note that the file pointer allows you to retrieve only the
+     <emphasis>body</emphasis> of the response; you cannot
+     access the HTTP response header using this function.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      Versions prior to PHP 4.0.5 do not handle HTTP redirects. Because