Do a bit more of the verbose error handling

pulls/api.php

@@ -52,21 +52,10 @@ function verify_password_DEV($user, $pass)
 	return $user === 'johannes';
 }
 
-function ghpostcomment($pull, $comment)
+function do_http_request($url, $ctxt)
 {
 	global $errors;
 
-	$post = json_encode(array("body" => "**Comment on behalf of $_SESSION[user] at php.net:**\n\n$comment"));
-
-
-	$opts = array(
-		'method'        => 'POST',
-		'content'       => $post,
-	);
-
-	$ctx = stream_context_create(array('http' => $opts));
-
-	$url = str_replace('https://', 'https://'.GITHUB_USER.':'.GITHUB_PASS.'@', $pull->_links->comments->href);
 	$old_track_errors = ini_get('track_errors');
 	ini_set('track_errors', true);
 	$s = @file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
@@ -76,12 +65,32 @@ function ghpostcomment($pull, $comment)
 		$errors[] = "Server responded: ".$http_response_header[0];
 		$errors[] = "Github user: ".GITHUB_USER;
 		if ($_SESSION['user'] === 'johannes') {
-			/* This might include the password or such, so not everybody should get it */
+			/* This might include the password or such, so not everybody should get it
+			   The good news is that the HTTP Status code usually is a good enough hint
+			*/
 			$errors[] = $php_errormsg;
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
-	return true;
+	return $s;
+}
+
+function ghpostcomment($pull, $comment)
+{
+	global $errors;
+
+	$post = json_encode(array("body" => "**Comment on behalf of $_SESSION[user] at php.net:**\n\n$comment"));
+
+
+	$opts = array(
+		'method'        => 'POST',
+		'content'       => $post,
+	);
+
+	$ctx = stream_context_create(array('http' => $opts));
+
+	$url = str_replace('https://', 'https://'.GITHUB_USER.':'.GITHUB_PASS.'@', $pull->_links->comments->href);
+	return (bool)do_http_request($url, $ctx);
 }
 
 function ghchangestate($pull, $state)
@@ -96,8 +105,7 @@ function ghchangestate($pull, $state)
 	$ctx = stream_context_create(array('http' => $opts));
 
 	$url = str_replace('https://', 'https://'.GITHUB_USER.':'.GITHUB_PASS.'@', $pull->_links->self->href);
-	$s = @file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
-	return (bool)$s;
+	return (bool)do_http_request($url, $ctx);
 }
 
 function login()