Date: 03/01/07 (Java Web) Keywords: php Most (well written) PHP programs recognize GET from POST requests and handle them appropriate. However most of them are not aware of HEAD requests and handle them identical to GET. This is a waste of resources and is in contravention to HTTP 1.1 protocol (RFC 2616). The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the [...] Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-respond-to-http-head-request-from-php/
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