Wietse Venema:
> 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?
As shown in Rasmus's example, when the information is supplied with
a header("Content-Type: foo") call before the output is echo-ed,
I can determine the MIME type. I just need to hook into the header()
function and do a little parsing.
Thanks for clarifying this mystery.
Wietse
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