note 77846 added to function.header

I couldn't find an example how to send a status code without the need of resolving the description (e.g. "Not found"). So I was thinking of an array containing all status codes and their descriptions but looking them up can slow down the execution of the script - depending on the array's size. I've looked for an alternative: The solution is to use the third parameter which can send a status code without the need to specify its description! header() will ONLY send the status code if the first parameter is not (!) empty. function sendStatusCode($statusCode) { header(' ', true, $statusCode); } sendStatusCode(404); This will only work if you're using PHP 4.3.0 or higher. Otherwise you rely on one of the following methods: header('Status: 404 Not Found'); header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found'); Best regards, Tim ---- Server IP: 217.160.72.57 Probable Submitter: 217.85.218.221 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77846 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77846 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77846 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php