php - How to get the functionality of http_parse_headers without PECL?

Question

I am using PHP 5.3.5 on windows, and I didn't find any pecl_http.dll that works with my installation.

So my question is,

How do I get the functionality of http_parse_headers without using PECL?

Answer 1

From the documentation page, first comment:

 if( !function_exists( 'http_parse_headers' ) ) {
     function http_parse_headers( $header )
     {
         $retVal = array();
         $fields = explode("
", preg_replace('/x0Dx0A[x09x20]+/', ' ', $header));
         foreach( $fields as $field ) {
             if( preg_match('/([^:]+): (.+)/m', $field, $match) ) {
                 $match[1] = preg_replace('/(?<=^|[x09x20x2D])./e', 'strtoupper("")', strtolower(trim($match[1])));
                 if( isset($retVal[$match[1]]) ) {
                     $retVal[$match[1]] = array($retVal[$match[1]], $match[2]);
                 } else {
                     $retVal[$match[1]] = trim($match[2]);
                 }
             }
         }
         return $retVal;
     }
}

Alternatively, you may want to read how to install a PECL extension on Windows, to be honest, I don't know anything about that.