Posted by Jochem Maas on 06/28/05 12:01

Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
> Kevin L'Huillier wrote:
>
>>On 27/06/05, Dr. Brad Lustick <sales@backbenimble.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm a novice trying to understand the exact construction of code for doing an HTTP 301 permanent redirect for a server
>>>coded in PHP. Could someone please tell me how I would handle the following example?

I don't think the server itself is coded in php - and regardless of the technology used to deliver a site,
php is not required to output a HTTP header - although it does make it easy :-)

>>
>>In your case you might want to do something like:
>>
>>$article = $_REQUEST['i'];
>>// some validation of $article if necessary
>>$url = sprintf('/services.php/%s'. $i);
>>header('Location: ' . $url);
>
>
> WRONG. He specifically said please only reply if you know how. Obviously
> you do not.

and you can't ber bothered to read properly either, you reuse the other guys' code
but you fail to see it has blatant typos in it - given your resounding "WRONG" I figure
the least you could do it post something that isn't.

besides if you ask me, saying things like "please only reply if you know how" is:

a, pretty implicit when asking a question.
b, shortsighted
c, a little rude
d, the OP has the title 'Dr.' - now I have friends who are doctors in various fields,
and I expect everyone of them to be able to use google, ... hint hint.

thankfully Jasper 'knows how'

>
> To do an HTTP/1.1 *301 Permanent Redirect* not a *302 Found* Redirect as
> you described, that code would need to be altered to:
>
> $article = $_REQUEST['i'];
> // some validation of $article if necessary
> $url = sprintf('/services.php/%s'. $i);

^ typo! (also where is $i coming from?)

> header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');

also consider that using 'Status' may be better or possibly both to cover
you bases, e.g.:


<?php

header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Status: 301 Moved Permanently");

?>


> header('Location: ' . $url);
>
> Jasper
>

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