return a specific http status code with php [duplicate]

Question

Is there a way to have a php script return a specific http status code rather than relying on apache to do it?

Answer 1

header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");

http://php.net/header

Answer 2

You can set header values manually with php, for example:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
?>