Fw: [PHP-DOC] #27345 [Opn]: Status header with PHP CGI

Can anybody clarify this, please? Nuno ----- Original Message ----- > ID: 27345 > Updated by: nlopess@php.net > Reported By: php_bugs at ecora dot de > Status: Open > Bug Type: Documentation problem > PHP Version: Irrelevant > New Comment: > > I couldn't reproduce this in PHP 5. > > header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); print "Status: 404" > > and > > header("Status: 404 Not Found"); prints "Status: 404 Not Found" > > > Can anybody check this in PHP 4? > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2004-02-22 05:10:36] php_bugs at ecora dot de > > Description: > ------------ > Hi, > > <Documentation> > header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); > [...] > Note: In PHP 3, this only works when PHP is compiled as an Apache > module. You can achieve the same effect using the Status header. > header("Status: 404 Not Found"); > </Documentation> > > IMHO this is not correct. Because the HTTP-status-header (also > Content-Type- and Location-Header) is always a server parsed header, > when PHP (PHP3, PHP4, PHP5 or also Perl or Python, ...) runs via CGI. > > The official CGI Specification (see http://www.w3.org/CGI/): > http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/out.html > > That means not only in PHP3 also in PHP4 or PHP5: When PHP runs via > CGI, then you have to write: > header("Status: 404 Not Found"); instead of header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not > Found"); > > > > > Reproduce code: > --------------- > When i try to send a header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); on my > installation (Apache 1.3.29 + PHP 4.2.3 CGI on Linux) then i receive a > 500 internal server error > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > Edit this bug report at > http://bugs.php.net/?id=27345&edit=1