Req #52207 [Csd]: header() not fully documented

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52207&edit=1 ID: 52207 User updated by: olafvdspek at gmail dot com Reported by: olafvdspek at gmail dot com Summary: header() not fully documented Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Debian PHP Version: 5.3.2 Assigned To: kalle Block user comment: N New Comment: What about "If the third parameter is specified, the first one appears to be ignored, but this isn't documented either."? And what's the design rationale for "If the first parameter is an empty string, the third parameter appears to be ignored. This isn't documented."? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-20 04:54:08] kalle@php.net This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-20 04:54:03] kalle@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of kalle Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=304526 Log: Fixed bug #52207 (header() not fully documented) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-30 00:29:20] olafvdspek at gmail dot com Oops, I swapped the actual and expected results, sorry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-06-30 00:28:07] olafvdspek at gmail dot com Description: ------------ If the first parameter is an empty string, the third parameter appears to be ignored. This isn't documented. If the third parameter is specified, the first one appears to be ignored, but this isn't documented either. Test script: --------------- header('', false, 404); Expected result: ---------------- GET /temp/404.php HTTP/1.0 Host: leiden.xwis.net HTTP/1.0 200 OK X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.2-1 Content-type: text/html Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:21:19 GMT Server: lighttpd/1.4.26 Actual result: -------------- GET /temp/404.php HTTP/1.0 Host: leiden.xwis.net HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.2-1 Content-type: text/html Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:20:35 GMT Server: lighttpd/1.4.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52207&edit=1