setHttpHeader

This function can be used to set any HTTP header. Values include, but are not limited to, 'Cache-Control', 'Content-Type', 'Last-Modified', or any of the other acceptable HTTP headers.

Refer to the W3 Protocols for more information:

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3

Type and Usage

Parameters

Takes two parameters. For example:

setHttpHeader(headerName, headerValue)
Parameter Description
headerName The name of a valid HTTP header.
headerValue The value for the header.

Output

  • Returns TRUE if the function is successful.

  • Returns FALSE if the function fails.

Example

This sets the content-type to XML, to enable your browser to render it with the passed XSLT.

<$setHttpHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml")$> 

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