On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 12:28 +0100, Robin Vickery wrote: > On 30/10/06, Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema <I.F.A.C.Fokkema@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:40:47 -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: > > > > > On Fri, October 27, 2006 4:53 pm, Børge Holen wrote: > > >> On Friday 27 October 2006 19:34, Richard Lynch wrote: > > >>> And the header("Location: ...") requires a full URL. > > >> > > >> No it doesn't. but he's missing an ' at first glance > > > > > > Yes, it does: > > > http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.30 > > > > > > Note the use of 'absolute' within that section. > > > > Although I always use a full URL as well, doesn't absolute just mean > > non-relative? As in: > > Location: /Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.30 > > (absolute URI) > > > > Location: ./rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.30 > > (relative URI) > > If you need contextual information to make sense of the URI (such as > the server name from a previous request) then it's not absolute. > > RFC 2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers > > "An absolute identifier refers to a resource independent of the > context in which the identifier is used. In contrast, a relative > identifier refers to a resource by describing the difference within a > hierarchical namespace between the current context and an absolute > identifier of the resource." Please note you are quoting from an RFC with the following title: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax Pay special attention to "Generic Syntax" in the title. The RFC linked by Richard clearly indicates that for the Location response-header that "the field value consists of a single absolute URI". This currently has the final word for the Location response-header and therefore is the standard. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php