RE: [PHP] Header

No, but it isn't "required" for the function to perform as intended. Stating what is proper to be compliant and stating what is required are two different things. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 12:49 PM To: mathias rockel; Dan Lowe; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Header Is being standards-compliant such a PITA? At 18:41 20.12. 2000, mathias rockel wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Hi! > >Although it is it seemed to me every browser I tried could use relative urls >as a location header. anyone made different experiences ? > >mats >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dan Lowe" <dan@tangledhelix.com> >To: <php-general@lists.php.net> >Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> >Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:08 AM >Subject: Re: [PHP] Header > > >> Previously, Diogo Zulli said: >> > On [15 December 2000 18:32] (Cynic), wrote: >> > >> > } According to the HTTP protocol, the URL must be absolute. >> > >> > Does this means that "http://hostname/" >> > should be on "Location: " >> > or just the /absolute/pathname must be there? >> >> Must be fully qualified with protocol, host, and anything extra, so >> yes, http://hostname/extra/ is needed. >> >> See section 14.30 of RFC 2616 (HTTP 1.1) or section 10.11 of RFC 1945 >> (HTTP 1.0). >> >> The Location response-header field defines the exact location of the >> resource that was identified by the Request-URI. For 3xx responses, >> the location must indicate the server's preferred URL for automatic >> redirection to the resource. Only one absolute URL is allowed. >> >> Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI >> >> An example is >> >> Location: >> http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/NewLocation.html >> >> -dan >> >> -- >> Dan Lowe <dan@tangledhelix.com> >> http://tangledhelix.com/ >> >> What happens if you get scared half to death twice? >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net