403 HTTP Status Code with Redirector action helper

[Hector Virgen]

Hello,

I'm having trouble with the "Redirector" action helper. If I set the the status code to 403 (forbidden), the redirector throws an exception:

"Invalid redirect HTTP status code (403)"

I searched the issue tracker for this and didn't find anything regarding setCode().

I am using RFC 2616 status codes: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

Error code 404 seems to work without problems.

Here is some code to reproduce the error:

<?php

class FooAction extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function preDispatch()
    {
        $redirector = $this->_getHelper('Redirector');
        $redirector->setCode(403); // throws exception
        $redirector->goto('index'); // never gets here
    }
}

Is there a reason why I can't use 403? If so, are there other status codes that I cannot use with the redirector? Thanks for your time :)

-Hector

[Hector Virgen]

Nevermind, ignore me... 403 should not be used with redirects...

-Hector

Hector Virgen wrote:

Hello,

I'm having trouble with the "Redirector" action helper. If I set the the status code to 403 (forbidden), the redirector throws an exception:

"Invalid redirect HTTP status code (403)"

I searched the issue tracker for this and didn't find anything regarding setCode().

I am using RFC 2616 status codes: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

Error code 404 seems to work without problems.

Here is some code to reproduce the error:

<?php

class FooAction extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
    public function preDispatch()
    {
        $redirector = $this->_getHelper('Redirector');
        $redirector->setCode(403); // throws exception
        $redirector->goto('index'); // never gets here
    }
}

Is there a reason why I can't use 403? If so, are there other status codes that I cannot use with the redirector? Thanks for your time :)

-Hector

[Matthew Ratzloff]

For the enlightenment of anyone reading this later on who may not know
why, it's in section 10.3 of the linked document:

    http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3

Only 300-level codes are acceptable for redirection (306 is currently
accepted as well, but that is a bug if Redirector is HTTP/1.1-compliant).

    300 Multiple Choices
    301 Moved Permanently
    302 Found
    303 See Other
    304 Not Modified
    305 Use Proxy
    307 Temporary Redirect

In the case of a Web application (e.g., redirecting after a POST request),
you should almost always use 303, which tells the browser to perform a GET
on the given URL.  Don't use 302 unless you mean it--browsers have been
HTTP/1.1-compliant for a decade now.

-Matt

On Sat, May 10, 2008 12:03 pm, Hector Virgen wrote:

> Nevermind, ignore me... 403 should not be used with redirects...
>
> -Hector
>
> Hector Virgen wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm having trouble with the "Redirector" action helper. If I set the
>> the status code to 403 (forbidden), the redirector throws an exception:
>>
>> "Invalid redirect HTTP status code (403)"
>>
>> I searched the issue tracker for this and didn't find anything
>> regarding setCode().
>>
>> I am using RFC 2616 status codes:
>> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
>>
>> Error code 404 seems to work without problems.
>>
>> Here is some code to reproduce the error:
>>
>> <?php
>>
>> class FooAction extends Zend_Controller_Action
>> {
>>     public function preDispatch()
>>     {
>>         $redirector = $this->_getHelper('Redirector');
>>         $redirector->setCode(403); // throws exception
>>         $redirector->goto('index'); // never gets here
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> Is there a reason why I can't use 403? If so, are there other status
>> codes that I cannot use with the redirector? Thanks for your time :)
>>
>> -Hector
>>
>