[RESOLVED] Am I throwing this 404 (or 301) right?

[mendhak]

header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); 

Is that all there is to it, or should I be doing something else? Should I be sending a Location header as well? (I've defined a 404 page in my .htaccess)

[mendhak]

Hmm, doesn't seem right. Just gives a blank page. I should try exit();

[mendhak]

Addendum.

I have an index.php which I want to 301 redirect to xyz.php. I try this:

<?php

header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: /xyz.php");
exit();

?>

But I get "Cannot modify header information", because index.php already exists...

[mendhak]

404 solved, it was obvious. No output allowed after exit(), so I should 'get' the 404 page before I exit();

header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
include realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/404.html'); 
exit(); 

[visualAd]

Is there a reason you cannot use the ErrorDocument directve in Asplache? It's better to do this if possible rather than include you own page.

[mendhak]

Is there a reason you cannot use the ErrorDocument directve in Asplache? It's better to do this if possible rather than include you own page.

Because Asplache ate my toenails.

Also, not all shared hosts give you this kind of access. I have .htaccess access. Maybe if I write to my host's admins, they'll give me Asplache access.

[visualAd]

Stop that. They may allow you to use it

[penagate]

header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); 

Is that all there is to it, or should I be doing something else? Should I be sending a Location header as well? (I've defined a 404 page in my .htaccess)

You cannot do both. If you have access to your .htaccess file you should be able to use the ErrorDocument directive and bypass PHP altogether. If you are rewriting all URLs to a PHP script then you should use the header() and include() method.

[mendhak]

I'll do that, thanks.