[PHP] HEAD instead of GET??

I'm just having my first ever look at my website raw log file and found this: Almost every entry is a GET somefile HTTP/1.0, but one IP address sent about 200 HEAD requests instead of GET. No one else has done this, just this one IP address. For example: HEAD /contact.php4 HTTP/1.0 instead

Re: [PHP] HEAD instead of GET??

For example: HEAD /contact.php4 HTTP/1.0 instead of GET /contact.php4 HTTP/1.0 What does it mean? cheers, - seb From the http1.1 rfc (because it's a http-related thing, not php) ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt 9.4 HEAD The HEAD method is identical to GET