note 77846 deleted from function.header by danbrown

Note Submitter: predefining at gmail dot com ---- 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