<channel>pecl.php.net</channel>
<summary>Extended HTTP Support</summary>
<description><![CDATA[
-* Building absolute URLs
-* RFC compliant HTTP redirects
-* RFC compliant HTTP date handling
-* Parsing of HTTP headers and messages
-* Caching by "Last-Modified" and/or ETag
- (with 'on the fly' option for ETag generation from buffered output)
-* Sending data/files/streams with (multiple) ranges support
-* Negotiating user preferred language/charset
-* Convenient request functionality built upon libcurl
-* PHP5 classes: HttpUtil, HttpResponse (PHP-5.1), HttpRequest, HttpRequestPool, HttpMessage
+This HTTP extension aims to provide a convenient and powerful
+set of functionality for one of PHPs major applications.
+
+It eases handling of HTTP urls, dates, redirects, headers and
+messages, provides means for negotiation of clients preferred
+language and charset, as well as a convenient way to send any
+arbitrary data with caching and resuming capabilities.
+
+It provides powerful request functionality, if built with CURL
+support. Parallel requests are available for PHP-5 and greater.
+
+PHP-5 classes:
+HttpUtil, HttpMessage, HttpRequest, HttpRequestPool; HttpResponse (PHP-5.1)
]]></description>
<lead>
<name>Michael Wallner</name>
</stability>
<license>BSD, revised</license>
<notes><![CDATA[
-* Fixed bug in http_negotiate_*() when client sends spaces within accept headers
++ Added http_negotiate_content_type()
-- Removed support for ETag hashing through libmhash
+* Fixed bug in http_negotiate_*() when client sends spaces within accept headers
-+ Added http_negotiate_content_type()
+- Removed support for etag hashing through libmhash
+- Removed HTTP_ETAG_* and HttpResponse::ETAG_* constants
+- Changed http.etag_mode INI setting to acccept a string specifying the
+ hash algorithm to use for generating etags.
+ CRC32, MD5 and SHA1 are available out of the box with MD5 being the default.
+ If pecl/hash is available, any algorithm this extension provides can be used.
]]></notes>
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