I need to generate a permanent redirect using HTTP 301.  I am running
the Xitami web server with PHP version 4.4.2.  Here is the script I am
using:

<?php
// Permanent redirection
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.oppedahl.com/index2.htm");
exit();
?>

But when I view the server response using
http://www.rexswain.com/cgi-bin/httpview.cgi , I get a "302 found"
when I really wanted "301 moved permanently" code.

The PHP documentation says two things I don't really understand.  It says:

The second special case is the "Location:" header. Not only does it
send this header back to the browser, but it also returns a REDIRECT
(302) status code to the browser unless some 3xx status code has
already been set.

But I surely think I had previously already set a 301 status code.

The PHP documentation also says:

Note:  Since PHP 4.4.2 and PHP 5.1.2 this function prevents more than
one header to be sent at once as a protection against header injection
attacks.

Which makes me wonder if my two-line PHP script is doomed never to
execute both lines.

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Clarification of Question by coppedahl-ga on 20 Aug 2006 12:09 PDT

Oddly if I have only one line in the PHP file:

<?php
// Permanent redirection
header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
exit();
?>

Then the received header is indeed a 301:

HTTP/1.0·301(CR)(LF)
Content-Length:·65(CR)(LF)
Content-Type:·text/html(CR)(LF)
X-Powered-By:·PHP/4.4.2(CR)(LF)
Server:·Xitami/Pro(CR)(LF)
(CR)(LF)

But if I try to do both the "http/" and the "location", the response
reverts back to the unwanted "302" value.

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Request for Question Clarification by sycophant-ga on 29 Aug 2006 00:49 PDT

I have tested this exact setup with Apache and PHP 5.

And it worked exactly as hoped... 

HTTP/1.x 301 Moved Permanently

The PHP manual says this:
"The second special case is the "Location:" header. Not only does it
send this header back to the browser, but it also returns a REDIRECT
(302) status code to the browser unless some 3xx status code has
already been set."

The script I tested is exactly as follows:
<?php
header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
header('Location: http://localhost/web/test.php');
exit;
?>

To test and record HTTP headers, I used the Firefox plugin LiveHTTPHeaders
http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/

It seems like it must be related to the Xitami server - I can't find
any information on what might affect it.

Regards,
Sycophant