From 860f5c51638d3b36805dec94f1c3230522ba4b3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken Coar <coar@php.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 13:37:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 	A little clarification about what you get when you
 read from an 	fopen'd http:// URL.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@50904 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/filesystem.xml | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions/filesystem.xml b/functions/filesystem.xml
index 959b0023f7..306c3937e9 100644
--- a/functions/filesystem.xml
+++ b/functions/filesystem.xml
@@ -1140,10 +1140,16 @@ $fcontents = join ('', file ('http://www.php.net'));
     <simpara>
      If <parameter>filename</parameter> begins with "http://" (not
      case sensitive), an HTTP 1.0 connection is opened to the
-     specified server and a file pointer is returned to the beginning
-     of the text of the response. A 'Host:' header is sent with the
+     specified server, the page is requested using the HTTP GET
+     method, and a file pointer is returned to the beginning
+     of the body of the response. A 'Host:' header is sent with the
      request in order to handle name-based virtual hosts.
     </simpara>
+    <simpara>
+     Note that the file pointer allows you to retrieve only the
+     <emphasis>body</emphasis> of the response; you cannot
+     access the HTTP response header using this function.
+    </simpara>
     <simpara>
      Versions prior to PHP 4.0.5 do not handle HTTP redirects. Because
      of this, directories must include trailing slashes.