On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa <ivan.ender...@hoa-project.net> wrote: > Hello, > > It is probably me but it seems like the build-in HTTP server does not well > support the HEAD method. Here is my following test case. First, the foo.php > file: > > <?php > > var_dump($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
By definition, a HEAD request MUST NOT return a message-body. This works as expected: <?php header("X-Request-Method: " . $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]); ?> Here is how it works: main/SAPI.c has code that set SG(request_info).headers_only = 1 for HEAD requests, and as a consequence php_request_shutdown() does not flush the output buffer (if any) to the client. You can force a body to be sent (but that's likely not going to work with every SAPI) by not having an output buffer or by calling ob_end_flush() yourself. Damien -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php