[CLUE-Tech] PHP Sessions and Cookies: Brain Cramp

[Jed S. Baer]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 22:07:07 -0600
Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:42:51PM -0600, Jeffery Cann wrote:
> > 
> > Finally, when I wonder about cookies, I will telnet to my web box and
> > do a GET on the URL, so I can view the headers outside of the browser.
> > 
> > $ telnet www.yourserver.com 80
> > GET /jed/login.php
> 
> Whoa, now that is cool! I had no idea you could do that with Telnet.
> Certainly useful; however, I just tried it on my Web site, and the
> server returned the document at the requested URL, but no headers. Are
> there any command options or environment variables that might affect
> that?

Interestingly enough, the telnet method on my machine also doesn't display
any of the headers, unlike the HEAD command (yes, it's and all upcase
command, to distinguish it from head). Also use 'lynx -mime-header URL'.

jed
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