headers problem

alcapone

hello there.
well I have a problem with my header sending: for some reason nothing except location header doesn't go through and I get 500 error. I'm trying to use this code:
<?php
header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="my realm"');
header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
exit;
?>
I expect to get a pop up window, but all I get is a 500 error.
My first guess was that the problem isn't in php but in my apache (1.3.20 for win) so I looked carefully through the httpd.conf and found out that my mod_proxy was off and that it included headers from my files. So I turned it on, but still all I get is 500 when try to send any headers besides location one.
it is winxp box with apcahe 1.3.20 and php 4.0.6
thx for any help

cheers,
AlCapone

ame12

Try the 401 first... that might do it. The actual server response has the HTTP/1.0 401 Access denied before the realm statement.

Dave

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mithril

Dave,

That script example was actually taken from the HTTP Authentication example in the manual, or if it wasn't... the same example exists in the manual. I use the same code in various locations on my development box (Win2K Pro, Apache 1.3.20, PHP 4.0.6) with no problems. I think the problem actually lies with the mode of PHP installation.

AlCapone, are you running PHP as an Apache module or in CGI? On Win32 Apache, PHP must be run as a module for HTTP Authentication to work. md_proxy doesn't really have anything to do with PHP sending headers, at least not in the way you're talking about. mos_proxy is not loaded on my dev box, and HTTP AUTH works just fine. HTH.

Geoff A. Virgo

smarlowe

Try this simple PHP script first:

<?php
header ("location: http://www.google.com");
?>

Make sure there are no spaces or extra lines before the <?php open tag.