404 On A Normal Page

[Amezis 0]

Well, I am using a mod_rewrite script, making "http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/; a valid page even if it shows that the page could not be found. How can I add to the header with PHP that the page is not found, replacing the 200 status code (OK)?

Edited September 9, 2006 by Amezis (see edit history)

[gameratheart 0]

Well, I am using a mod_rewrite script, making "http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/; a valid page even if it shows that the page could not be found. How can I add to the header with PHP that the page is not found, replacing the 200 status code (OK)?

I am not too sure what you mean here. Do you mean that you want to make it so that if a 404 appears on your website, it still thinks the page exists?

[Amezis 0]

No:

<?phpif ( page_exists ){	  // Do all normal stuff}else{	  /* Page doesn't exist, send a 404 error status in the header instead of the 200 status, and give the user a friendly 404 error page (I do not wish to use a redirect) */}?>

[farsiscript 0]

Dear Amezis You can customize erre page in cpanel You can manage HTML code and then copy soruce of your design and save fileerre pages save as shtml files

[Spectre 0]

But that's not what he wants to do.

Simply use the header() function within a script to overwrite the original status and send a 404 message:

header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found',true);

[electron 0]

Hey what do you want to do ?
Do you want to use mod_rewrite in apache and make a not found page having the URL http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Or do you want to send a header that the page wasnt found.
Please Clearify

[Spectre 0]

He has clarified, in his previous post. He wants scripts to be able to send a 404 Not Found message after processing the request.

[Amezis 0]

Thanks Spectre. :)For those who didn't understand my question, I have a php file. If someone loads file.php?view=this_exists, everything is done normally. But if someone loads file.php?view=this_doesnt_exist, then the 404 error code is shown. I am using mod_rewrite, so file.php?view=this_exists is displayed as /this_exists.A search engine would not understand that /this_doesnt_exist doesn't exist unless the 404 header was sent. So I simply wanted to send a 404 in the header without using the apache error function since that wouldn't do the job.