diff --git a/reference/http/functions/header.xml b/reference/http/functions/header.xml
index 44925999f9..6903c777f4 100644
--- a/reference/http/functions/header.xml
+++ b/reference/http/functions/header.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/http.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.header">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -106,9 +106,12 @@ exit;
        <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-header("Location: http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
-                      . rtrim(dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), '/\\')
-                      . "/" . $relative_url);
+/* Redirect to a different page in the current directory that was requested */
+$host  = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
+$uri   = rtrim(dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
+$extra = 'mypage.php';
+header("Location: http://$host$uri/$extra");
+exit;
 ?>
 ]]>
        </programlisting>