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$http_response_header Is Deprecated
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The $http_response_header PHP variable is deprecated. It should be replaced with a call to http_get_last_response_headers(), which is available since PHP 8.4.

PHP code
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.. code-block:: php

   <?php
   
   function get_contents() {
     file_get_contents("https://www.php.net/");
     var_dump($http_response_header); // variable is populated in the local scope
   }
   get_contents();
   
   ?>

Before
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.. code-block:: output

   array(13) {
     [0]=>
     string(15) "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" 
     [1]=>
     string(17) "Server: myracloud" 
     [2]=>
     string(35) "Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:16:26 GMT" 
     [3]=>
     string(38) "Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8" 
     [4]=>
     string(17) "Connection: close" 
     [5]=>
     string(44) "Last-Modified: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:10:19 GMT" 
     [6]=>
     string(20) "Content-language: en" 
     [7]=>
     string(38) "Permissions-Policy: interest-cohort=()" 
     [8]=>
     string(27) "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN" 
     [9]=>
     string(114) "Set-Cookie: LAST_NEWS=1761156986; expires=Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:16:26 GMT; Max-Age=31536000; path=/; domain=.php.net" 
     [10]=>
     string(47) "Link: <https://www.php.net/index>; rel=shorturl" 
     [11]=>
     string(38) "Expires: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:16:26 GMT" 
     [12]=>
     string(24) "Cache-Control: max-age=0" 
   }
   

After
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.. code-block:: output

   PHP Deprecated:  The predefined locally scoped $http_response_header variable is deprecated, call http_get_last_response_headers() instead
   
   Deprecated: The predefined locally scoped $http_response_header variable is deprecated, call http_get_last_response_headers() instead
   array(13) {
     [0]=>
     string(15) "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" 
     [1]=>
     string(17) "Server: myracloud" 
     [2]=>
     string(35) "Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:16:26 GMT" 
     [3]=>
     string(38) "Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8" 
     [4]=>
     string(17) "Connection: close" 
     [5]=>
     string(44) "Last-Modified: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:10:19 GMT" 
     [6]=>
     string(20) "Content-language: en" 
     [7]=>
     string(38) "Permissions-Policy: interest-cohort=()" 
     [8]=>
     string(27) "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN" 
     [9]=>
     string(114) "Set-Cookie: LAST_NEWS=1761156986; expires=Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:16:26 GMT; Max-Age=31536000; path=/; domain=.php.net" 
     [10]=>
     string(47) "Link: <https://www.php.net/index>; rel=shorturl" 
     [11]=>
     string(38) "Expires: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:16:26 GMT" 
     [12]=>
     string(24) "Cache-Control: max-age=0" 
   }
   


PHP version change
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This behavior changed in 8.5


Error Messages
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  + `The predefined locally scoped $http_response_header variable is deprecated, call http_get_last_response_headers() instead <https://php-errors.readthedocs.io/en/latest/messages/the-predefined-locally-scoped-%24http_response_header-variable-is-deprecated%2C.html>`_