Formatters should include a Content-Type

[shadowhand]

Formatters should also do something like this:

// JsonFormatter
public function getContentType()
{
    return 'application/json';
}

So that when the formatted output is returned, the appropriate type can be set:

// Runner
list ($mime, $body) = $this->runFormatters($e);
header('Content-Type: ' . $mime);
echo $body;

[sergeyklay]

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[ghost]

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[brandonsavage]

This won't work.

Any time the headers have already been sent, this will produce another error, creating an endless loop.

[shadowhand]

@brandonsavage that can be changed. The formatted response can be generated before printing any output or sending headers.

[brandonsavage]

Suppose somebody is writing an application, and in their template, halfway through rendering the page, they reference a variable that is not in scope. They trigger a notice. Under this scheme we'll attempt to send headers back when headers have already been sent. That simply won't end well.

[shadowhand]

@brandonsavage that could happen but I think it is fairly uncommon practice to not have output buffering in place.