Re: Atom API problem: PHP can't deal with Atom-Authenticate headers

["J. Scott Johnson" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd have to cast my own .02 in supporting Simon's point.  He's dead on
-- this is not possible in php at least the 4.x series and given not
only php's popularity but also the vast number of blogging tools written
in php, relying on a feature that php doesn't support seems silly.  It
may be technically elegant but that only matters so much.

Scott


On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 18:33, Simon Willison wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just read Mark's blog entry about the Atom API draft. I understand the 
> reasoning behind the custom authentication system, but I can see a major 
> problem with it: To my knowledge, PHP does not provide a way of 
> accessing custom HTTP headers sent by the user agent (standard headers 
> such as ACCEPT_ENCODING, are available via the $_SERVER array). This 
> means that PHP implementations of the Atom API will be unable to support 
> the recommended authentication method. Since PHP is the most popular 
> open source web scripting technology by a very wide margin, this issue 
> needs serious consideration.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon Willison
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