Re: [PHP] Re: Does Location: headers constantly
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 01:56:58AM -0500, Miguel Cruz wrote:
>
> Interesting. What tests did you perform?
I used similar things, including a file('test.php') statement in
another php script and using GET from the command line.
telnet is a good test, but I didn't have it available at the time.
--Dan
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Re: [PHP] Re: Does Location: headers constantly
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 11:01:50AM +0100, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote: > > I can't let this go unchallenged -- what happens if you're sending this to a > browser which *doesn't* honour the "Location: " header, but *is* capable of > displaying any attached page content? The poor user will be left with a > completely blank screen, and no hint of why. In fact, the HTTP/1.1 spec But, which browser is incapable of handling location headers? > (RFC 2616: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html) even says: > > > Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response > > SHOULD contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the > > new URI(s). Oddly, I don't find that text you excerpted on the URI you provided. But, the thing is, I'm under the impression that PHP (and/or Apache?) doesn't send anything else from your script once a Location header is sent. I just confirmed this with two different tests. --Dan -- PHP classes that make web design easier SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Does Location: headers constantly
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 03 July 2002 21:17
[...]
>
> It's a good idea to get in the habit of doing:
>
> header("Location: xxx");
> exit;
>
> There's no point in sending any more data after the Location:
> header anyway,
I can't let this go unchallenged -- what happens if you're sending this to a
browser which *doesn't* honour the "Location: " header, but *is* capable of
displaying any attached page content? The poor user will be left with a
completely blank screen, and no hint of why. In fact, the HTTP/1.1 spec
(RFC 2616: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html) even says:
> Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response
> SHOULD contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the
> new URI(s).
So at the very least you should do something like this:
header("Location: xxx");
?>
Moved to xxx
This page has moved to xxx.
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