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headers_list

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Returns a list of response headers sent (or ready to send)

Description

headers_list(): array

headers_list() will return a list of headers to be sent to the browser / client. To determine whether or not these headers have been sent yet, use headers_sent().

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

Returns a numerically indexed array of headers.

Examples

Example using headers_list()

php
<?php

/* setcookie() will add a response header on its own */
setcookie('foo', 'bar');

/* Define a custom response header
   This will be ignored by most clients */
header("Example-Test: foo");

/* Specify plain text content in our response */
header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8');

/* What headers are going to be sent? */
var_dump(headers_list());

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(19) "Set-Cookie: foo=bar"
  [1]=>
  string(17) "Example-Test: foo"
  [2]=>
  string(39) "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8"
}

Notes Sapi

See Also

Source: reference/network/functions/headers-list.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)