# http_parse_headers

(PECL pecl_http:0.10.0-1.5.5)

http_parse_headers — Parse HTTP headers

### Description

array http_parse_headers ( string `$header` )

Parses HTTP headers into an associative array.

### Parameters

`header`

  string containing HTTP headers

### Return Values

Returns an array on success, or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 Using http_parse_headers()

`<?php
$headers = "content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\r\n".
"Server: Funky/1.0\r\n".
"Set-Cookie: foo=bar\r\n".
"Set-Cookie: baz=quux\r\n".
"Folded: works\r\n\ttoo\r\n";
print_r(http_parse_headers($headers));
?>`

The above example will output:

    Array
    (
      [Content-Type] => text/html; chatset=UTF-8
      [Server] => Funky/1.0
      [Set-Cookie] => Array
      (
        [0] => foo=bar
        [1] => baz=quux
      )
      [Folded] => works
        too
    )

### See Also

- http_parse_message()
- http_parse_cookie()