My file .htaccess
handles all requests from /word_here
to my internal endpoint /page.php?name=word_here
. The PHP script then checks if the requested page is in its array of pages.
If not, how can I simulate an error 404?
I tried this, but it didn’t result in my 404 page configured via ErrorDocument
in the .htaccess
showing up.
header($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]." 404 Not Found");
Am I right in thinking that it’s wrong to redirect to my error 404 page?
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Answer
The up-to-date answer (as of PHP 5.4 or newer) for generating 404 pages is to use http_response_code
:
<?php http_response_code(404); include('my_404.php'); // provide your own HTML for the error page die();
die()
is not strictly necessary, but it makes sure that you don’t continue the normal execution.