Changeset 18806

Timestamp:

09/29/2011 02:10:35 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

dd32

Message:

Document the Magic numbering in WP_Http_Encoding::compatible_gzinflate(). Fixes #18273

File:

• trunk/wp-includes/class-http.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/wp-includes/class-http.php

@@ -1626 +1626 @@
      *
      * Certain Servers will return deflated data with headers which PHP's gziniflate()
-     * function cannot handle out of the box. The following function lifted from
-     * http://au2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzinflate.php#77336 will attempt to deflate
-     * the various return forms used.
+     * function cannot handle out of the box. The following function has been created from 
+     * various snippets on the gzinflate() PHP documentation. 
+     *
+     * Warning: Magic numbers within. Due to the potential different formats that the compressed
+     * data may be returned in, some "magic offsets" are needed to ensure proper decompression
+     * takes place. For a simple progmatic way to determine the magic offset in use, see: 
+     * http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18273
      *
      * @since 2.8.1
+     * @link http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18273
+     * @link http://au2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzinflate.php#70875
      * @link http://au2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzinflate.php#77336
      *