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Re: help, PUT/File upload, POST or PUT?

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:14:49 +0100 (MET)

On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 pit_at_paradise.net.nz wrote:

> But i couldn't help myself asking this question.
>
> "What is the advantage of doing PUT, instead of POST ?"

There aren't that many big differences.

> To me, it seems easier to do POST than doing PUT.

It is certainly easier to receive a POST than to receive a PUT when using a
normal apache web server.

> Can you recommend any articles or doc for me?

Of course, RFC2616 (http://curl.haxx.se/rfc/rfc2616.txt) section 9.5 and 9.6.

-- 
  Daniel Stenberg -- curl project maintainer -- http://curl.haxx.se/
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