diff --git a/http.php b/http.php
index 09420df..26cf896 100644
--- a/http.php
+++ b/http.php
@@ -52,4 +52,53 @@ class http
     // No best solution found. Use the default available solution
     return $default;
   }
+
+  /** Return the associated text for a HTTP code */
+  function codetext ($code)
+  {
+    switch ($code) 
+    {
+    case 100: $text = 'Continue'; break;
+    case 101: $text = 'Switching Protocols'; break;
+    case 200: $text = 'OK'; break;
+    case 201: $text = 'Created'; break;
+    case 202: $text = 'Accepted'; break;
+    case 203: $text = 'Non-Authoritative Information'; break;
+    case 204: $text = 'No Content'; break;
+    case 205: $text = 'Reset Content'; break;
+    case 206: $text = 'Partial Content'; break;
+    case 300: $text = 'Multiple Choices'; break;
+    case 301: $text = 'Moved Permanently'; break;
+    case 302: $text = 'Moved Temporarily'; break;
+    case 303: $text = 'See Other'; break;
+    case 304: $text = 'Not Modified'; break;
+    case 305: $text = 'Use Proxy'; break;
+    case 400: $text = 'Bad Request'; break;
+    case 401: $text = 'Unauthorized'; break;
+    case 402: $text = 'Payment Required'; break;
+    case 403: $text = 'Forbidden'; break;
+    case 404: $text = 'Not Found'; break;
+    case 405: $text = 'Method Not Allowed'; break;
+    case 406: $text = 'Not Acceptable'; break;
+    case 407: $text = 'Proxy Authentication Required'; break;
+    case 408: $text = 'Request Time-out'; break;
+    case 409: $text = 'Conflict'; break;
+    case 410: $text = 'Gone'; break;
+    case 411: $text = 'Length Required'; break;
+    case 412: $text = 'Precondition Failed'; break;
+    case 413: $text = 'Request Entity Too Large'; break;
+    case 414: $text = 'Request-URI Too Large'; break;
+    case 415: $text = 'Unsupported Media Type'; break;
+    case 500: $text = 'Internal Server Error'; break;
+    case 501: $text = 'Not Implemented'; break;
+    case 502: $text = 'Bad Gateway'; break;
+    case 503: $text = 'Service Unavailable'; break;
+    case 504: $text = 'Gateway Time-out'; break;
+    case 505: $text = 'HTTP Version not supported'; break;
+    default:
+      exit('Unknown http status code "'.htmlentities ($code).'"');
+    }
+
+    return $text;
+  }
 }