[ANNOUNCEMENT] pecl_http-1.7.0 (stable) Released.

The new PECL package pecl_http-1.7.0 (stable) has been released at http://pecl.php.net/.

Release notes
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* Added generic http_negotiate() function (FR#17338)
* Added request options:
 - proxytunnel: enable tunelling through the HTTP proxy
 - noproxy: comma separatet list of hosts (* means all hosts) not to use a proxy for (libcurl >= 7.19.4)
* Added postredir request options constants:
 - HTTP_POSTREDIR_301
 - HTTP_POSTREDIR_302
 - HTTP_POSTREDIR_ALL
* Added authtype request option constant:
 - HTTP_AUTH_DIGEST_IE
* Added proxytype request option constants:
 - HTTP_PROXY_HTTP_1_0
* Added request info members:
 - condition_unmet (libcurl >= 7.19.4)
* Fixed bug #16893 (Content not decoded with zlib support and compress enabled)
* Fixed bug #17087 (http_build_cookie() exhausts memory if cookie value is NULL)
* Fixed bug #17169 (Wrong return value of HttpMessage::getHttpVersion())

Package Info
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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.

Related Links
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Package home: http://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http
   Changelog: http://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=pecl_http
    Download: http://pecl.php.net/get/pecl_http-1.7.0.tgz

Authors
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Michael Wallner <[email protected]> (lead)