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<reference id="ref.http">
<title>HTTP functions</title>
<titleabbrev>HTTP</titleabbrev>
<partintro>
<simpara>
These functions let you manipulate the output sent back to the
remote browser right down to the HTTP protocol level.
</simpara>
</partintro>
<refentry id="function.header">
<refnamediv>
<refname>header</refname>
<refpurpose>Send a raw HTTP header</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>header</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>replace</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>header</function> is used to send raw
<acronym>HTTP</acronym> headers. See the <ulink
url="&spec.http1.1;">HTTP/1.1 specification</ulink> for more
information on <acronym>HTTP</acronym> headers.
</para>
<para>
The optional <parameter>replace</parameter> parameter indicates
whether the header should replace a previous similar header, or
add a second header of the same type. By default it will replace,
but if you pass in &false; as the second argument you can force
multiple headers of the same type. For example:
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
header('WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate');
header('WWW-Authenticate: NTLM',false);
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
There are two special-case header calls. The first is a header
that starts with the string "<literal>HTTP/</literal>" (case is not
significant), which will be used to figure out the HTTP status
code to send. For example, if you have configured Apache to
use a PHP script to handle requests for missing files (using
the <literal>ErrorDocument</literal> directive), you may want to
make sure that your script generates the proper status code.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
<note>
<para>
The HTTP status header line will always be the first sent
to the client, regardless of the actual <function>header</function>
call being the first or not. The status may be overridden
by calling <function>header</function> with a new status line
at any time unless the HTTP headers have already been sent.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
In PHP 3, this only works when PHP is compiled as an Apache
module. You can achieve the same effect using the
<literal>Status</literal> header.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
header("Status: 404 Not Found");
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
The second special case is the "Location:" header. Not only does
it send this header back to the browser, but it also returns a
<literal>REDIRECT</literal> (302) status code to the browser unless
some <literal>3xx</literal> status code has already been set.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
header("Location: http://www.example.com/"); /* Redirect browser */
exit; /* Make sure that code below does
not get executed when we redirect. */
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<note>
<para>
HTTP/1.1 requires an absolute <acronym>URI</acronym> as argument to
<ulink url="&spec.http1.1;-sec14.html#sec14.30">Location:</ulink>
including the scheme, hostname and absolute path, but
some clients accept relative URIs. You can usually use
<literal>$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']</literal>, <literal>$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']</literal>
and <function>dirname</function> to make an absolute URI from a
relative one yourself:
<informalexample>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
header("Location: http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
.dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])
."/".$relative_url);
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
</note>
<para>
PHP scripts often generate dynamic content that must not be cached
by the client browser or any proxy caches between the server and the
client browser. Many proxies and clients can be forced to disable
caching with
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); // Date in the past
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
// always modified
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
header("Pragma: no-cache"); // HTTP/1.0
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
<note>
<para>
You may find that your pages aren't cached even if you don't
output all of the headers above. There are a number of options
that users may be able to set for their browser that change its
default caching behavior. By sending the headers above, you should
override any settings that may otherwise cause the output of your
script to be cached.
</para>
<para>
Additionally, <function>session_cache_limiter</function> and
the <literal>session.cache_limiter</literal> configuration
setting can be used to automatically generate the correct
caching-related headers when sessions are being used.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
Remember that <function>header</function> must be
called before any actual output is sent, either by normal HTML
tags, blank lines in a file, or from PHP. It is a very common
error to read code with <function>include</function>, or
<function>require</function>, functions, or another file access
function, and have spaces or empty lines that are output before
<function>header</function> is called. The same problem exists
when using a single PHP/HTML file.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php header ("Content-type: audio/x-pn-realaudio"); ?>
// Broken, note the blank line above
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
<note>
<para>
In PHP 4, you can use output buffering to get around this problem,
with the overhead of all of your output to the browser being buffered
in the server until you send it. You can do this by calling
<function>ob_start</function> and <function>ob_end_flush</function>
in your script, or setting the <literal>output_buffering</literal>
configuration directive on in your &php.ini; or
server configuration files.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
If you want the user to be prompted to save the data you are
sending, such as a generated PDF file, you can use the <ulink
url="&url.rfc;2183">Content-Disposition</ulink> header to
supply a recommended filename and force the browser to display the
save dialog.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=downloaded.pdf");
/* ... output pdf file ... */
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
<note>
<para>
There is a bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 that prevents
this from working. There is no workaround. There is also a bug
in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 that interferes with this,
which can be resolved by upgrading to Service Pack 2 or later.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
See also <function>headers_sent</function>,
<function>setcookie</function>, and the section on
<link linkend="features.http-auth">HTTP authentication</link>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
<refentry id="function.headers-sent">
<refnamediv>
<refname>headers_sent</refname>
<refpurpose>Returns &true; if headers have been sent</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>headers_sent</methodname>
<void/>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function returns &true; if the HTTP headers have already been
sent, &false; otherwise.
</para>
<para>
See also <function>header</function>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
<refentry id="function.setcookie">
<refnamediv>
<refname>setcookie</refname>
<refpurpose>Send a cookie</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>setcookie</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>expire</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>path</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>domain</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>secure</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>setcookie</function> defines a cookie to be sent along
with the rest of the header information. Cookies must be sent
<emphasis>before</emphasis> any other headers are sent (this is a
restriction of cookies, not PHP). This requires you to place
calls to this function before any <literal>&lt;html></literal> or
<literal>&lt;head></literal> tags.
</para>
<para>
All the arguments except the <parameter>name</parameter> argument
are optional. If only the name argument is present, the cookie
by that name will be deleted from the remote client. You may
also replace any argument with an empty string
(<emphasis>&quot;&quot;</emphasis>) in order to skip that
argument. The <parameter>expire</parameter> and
<parameter>secure</parameter> arguments are integers and cannot
be skipped with an empty string. Use a zero
(<emphasis>0</emphasis>) instead. The
<parameter>expire</parameter> argument is a regular Unix time
integer as returned by the <function>time</function> or
<function>mktime</function> functions. The
<parameter>secure</parameter> indicates that the cookie should
only be transmitted over a secure HTTPS connection.
</para>
<para>
Common Pitfalls:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Cookies will not become visible until the next loading of a page that
the cookie should be visible for.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
Cookies must be deleted with the same parameters as they were set with.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<simpara>
In PHP 3, multiple calls to <function>setcookie</function> in the same
script will be performed in reverse order. If you are trying to
delete one cookie before inserting another you should put the
insert before the delete. In PHP 4, multiple calls to
<function>setcookie</function> are performed in the order called.
</simpara>
<para>
Some examples follow how to send cookies:
<example>
<title><function>setcookie</function> send examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value);
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,time()+3600); /* expire in 1 hour */
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,time()+3600, "/~rasmus/", ".utoronto.ca", 1);
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
<para>
When deleting a cookie you should assure that the expiration date
is in the past, to trigger the removal mechanism in your browser.
Examples follow how to delete cookies sent in previous example:
<example>
<title><function>setcookie</function> delete examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
// set the expiration date to one hour ago
setcookie ("TestCookie", "", time() - 3600);
setcookie ("TestCookie", "", time() - 3600, "/~rasmus/", ".utoronto.ca", 1);
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
<para>
Note that the value portion of the cookie will automatically be
urlencoded when you send the cookie, and when it is received, it
is automatically decoded and assigned to a variable by the same
name as the cookie name. To see the contents of our test
cookie in a script, simply use one of the following examples:
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
echo $TestCookie;
echo $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["TestCookie"];
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
You may also set array cookies by using array notation in the
cookie name. This has the effect of setting as many cookies as
you have array elements, but when the cookie is received by your
script, the values are all placed in an array with the cookie's
name:
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
setcookie ("cookie[three]", "cookiethree");
setcookie ("cookie[two]", "cookietwo");
setcookie ("cookie[one]", "cookieone");
if (isset ($cookie)) {
while (list ($name, $value) = each ($cookie)) {
echo "$name == $value<br>\n";
}
}
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
For more information on cookies, see Netscape's cookie
specification at <ulink
url="&spec.cookies;">&spec.cookies;</ulink>.
</para>
<simpara>
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 with Service Pack 1 applied does
not correctly deal with cookies that have their path parameter
set.
</simpara>
<simpara>
Netscape Communicator 4.05 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x
appear to handle cookies incorrectly when the path and time
are not set.
</simpara>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
</reference>
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