Bug #16842 Updated: header() function doesn`t work

ID: 16842 Updated by: ray@codemain.com Reported By: sanya@mail.ru Status: Open Bug Type: HTTP related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: Oops. Pardon the above accidental comment submission. I have experienced this problem which causes the PHP to not complete the request. It appears that the culprit is the exit() construct. It also occurs with the die() function. If you remove the exit(); call, the script does not error. if($_GET['test']) { header('Location: http://www.host.dom/otherdir/"); exit(); } else { echo 'ok..'; } f you call the above script as script.php?test=1 with a valid URL for redirect, you will see this error manifest itself. (Confirmed under FreeBSD 4.2) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-07 10:01:51] ray@codemain.com I have experienced this problem also with a very simple script: if($_GET['test']) { header('Location: http://www.amigadev.net/forums/'); error_log("redirecting to forums"); // temp fix for broken PHP 4.2 echo '<HTML><head>'; echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content="0; URL=http://www.amigadev.net/forums/">'; echo '</head><body></body></HTML>'; // exit(); // die(); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-02 06:23:55] imshort@beer.com I've come over this too. On a Win95 / Omnithttpd - System. PHP 4.2.0 does not even return ANY headers. Thus, the httpd does not retrun anything to the browser. This does work, however: <?php echo "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n"; echo "Some text"; ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-01 06:16:52] yohgaki@php.net Reopened to confirm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-01 00:45:47] irik@irik.org I have experienced this same bug on my systems. I upgraded from PHP 4.1.2 on W2k Professional running Apache 1.3.20 to PHP 4.2.0. header() function seems to stop working. <? header("Location: http://www.queenstown.com"); ?> In any browser, no workie, workie, just blank page. Downgrade to PHP 4.2.1 and the problem disappears. A search of bug database on version 4.2.0 on all issues and all status' returns 244 results as of May 1, 2002 and this is the only mention of header() not working. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-27 14:46:17] wodzu@tonet.pl <?php header("Location: http://localhost/"); ?> WinXP/Apache1.3.22/Apache module/Standard setup, standard modules On MSIE 6.0 and Netscape 6 nothings happen. Script start and normal end without any error (error_reporting = E_ALL). But I'm still on testing page. It seems just don't work and without any errors. I check configuration hundred times but with nothing :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/16842 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16842&edit=1