diff --git a/language/context/http.xml b/language/context/http.xml
index 16fad3b3ad..89cf08d5b7 100644
--- a/language/context/http.xml
+++ b/language/context/http.xml
@@ -268,6 +268,36 @@ $context  = stream_context_create($opts);
 
 $result = file_get_contents('http://example.com/submit.php', false, $context);
 
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example><!-- }}} -->
+  </para>
+    <para>
+   <example xml:id="context.http.example-fetch-ignore-redirect"><!-- {{{ -->
+    <title>Ignore redirects but fetch headers and content </title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$url = "http://www.example.org/header.php";
+
+$opts = array(
+       'http' => array('method' => 'GET',
+                                       'max_redirects' => '0',
+                                       'ignore_errors' => '1')
+       );
+
+$context = stream_context_create($opts);
+$stream = fopen($url, 'r', false, $context);
+
+// header information as well as meta data
+// about the stream
+var_dump(stream_get_meta_data($stream));
+
+// actual data at $url
+var_dump(stream_get_contents($stream));
+fclose($stream);
 ?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>