PHP generated 404's failing to trigger ErrorDocument behaviour - HELP!

[spongepuppy]

Hello all!

A website I'm working on at the moment is basically a vehichle for sucking information from a database and displaying it on screen, eg.

http://www.website.com/page.php?rowid=55 << not a real link

Which maps more or less to SELECT * FROM table WHERE rowid = 55

If the database row requested doesn't exist, I return a 404 status header:

header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');

BUT these PHP generated 404's don't get redirected to the location I specify in APache's ErrorDocument clause, whereas trying to access genuinely non-existent pages does. Am I missing something vital here?

[devinemke]

as far as Apache is concerned, there is no error. the client asked for "page.php", that file does exist and Apache is failthfully serving up that file. i would suggest that when a empty result comes up, instead of sending a 404 header simply send a location header that goes to same error page as your ErrorDocument clause.

[spongepuppy]

Right - so Apache doesn't process the header response in any way. Wasn't sure, so thanks for your timely assistance!