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header

 
print
 
$query

->header([

content_type
 ,
status
 ,
headers

])

Generates the HTTP header for the document.

content_type

The content type to return. Default is text/html .

status

The HTTP status code and description to return. Default is 200 OK .

headers

Additional headers to include, such as Content-Length: 123 .

Using named parameters, the syntax is:

print $query->header(-type=>'
content_type
',                      -nph=>1,                      -status=>'
status_code
',                      -expires=>'
expcode
',                      -cookie=>'
cookie
',                      -target=>'
frame
',                      -header=>'
value
');

-type=> content_type

Specify the content type.

-nph=>1

Use headers for a no-parse-header script.

-status=> status_code

Specify the status code.

-expires=> expcode

Specify an expiration timestamp (such as +3d for 3 days). Values for expcode are:

n s

n seconds

n m

n minutes

n h

n hours

n d

n days

n M

n months

n Y

n years

day_of_week , dd - MMM - YY hh:mm:ss GMT

At the specified time

now

Expire immediately.

-cookie=> cookie

Specify a cookie. The cookie may be a scalar value or an array reference.

-header=> value

Specify any HTTP header.

-target=> frame

Write to specified frame.


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