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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq9.pod b/pod/perlfaq9.pod index ddc577b01f..4c701cafde 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq9.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq9.pod @@ -224,13 +224,11 @@ available from CPAN. =head2 How do I redirect to another page? -Instead of sending back a C<Content-Type> as the headers of your -reply, send back a C<Location:> header. Officially this should be a -C<URI:> header, so the CGI.pm module (available from CPAN) sends back -both: +According to RFC 2616, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", the +preferred method is to send a C<Location:> header instead of a +C<Content-Type:> header: Location: http://www.domain.com/newpage - URI: http://www.domain.com/newpage Note that relative URLs in these headers can cause strange effects because of "optimizations" that servers do. |