I'd like to use the following to redirect pages that are no longer present in the database to the custom 404 page:
ob_start();
....
if ( !$found ):
header( "Location: /404.php", true, 404 );
exit();
endif;
But this actually does not redirect, but just shows an empty page (because of the exit() call before any output to the browser).
I've also tried the following:
if ( !$found ):
header( "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found" );
exit();
endif;
With a 'ErrorDocument 404 /404.php' in my .htaccess file, but this also just shows an empty page.
And if I do this:
if ( !$found ):
header( "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found" );
header( "Location: /404.php" );
exit();
endif;
It does redirect, but with a 302 header.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe without redirect?
if ( !$found ):
include('../404.php');
exit();
endif;
I know it's a old issue but I just found it handy:
php set status header to 404 and add a refresh to correct page, like a 2 seconds after.
header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
header("Refresh:0; url=search.php");
Then you have the 404 page showing up a few second before redirecting to fx search page.
In my case, Symfony2, with a exception listener:
$request = $event->getRequest();
$hostname = $request->getSchemeAndHttpHost();
$response->setStatusCode(404);
$response->setContent('<html>404, page not found</html>');
$response->headers->set('Refresh', '2;url='.$hostname.'/#!/404');
time ( 2) can be 0.2 if you wish very short time.
You can't have an header 404 with a Location:
You should display the error page and set a meta refresh
with the new url if you want to redirect
I've tried and make sure to check error_log file that is correct way is send 404 headers and then include error page to next line.
<?php
header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
include 'search.php'; // or 404.php whatever you want...
exit();
?>
Finally you have to use exit() for text based browsers.
I think your problem is because of the output buffering you're starting, or because you can't redirect with a 404. The first code example shows the output buffer starting but exiting instead of cleaning the output buffer and stopping output buffering.
Change the first example to:
if (!$found) {
ob_end_clean();
header('Location: /404.php');
exit();
}