Re: sending a response without a Content-Type header

[Doug MacEachern <do...@covalent.net>]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Matthew Darwin wrote:

> 
> I'm buiding an HTTP gateway in mod_perl and trying to send back to the
> client exactly what I get from the remote server.  The remote server
> doesn't set a Content-Type on the document being returned, so I don't want
> to set one either.
> 
> However, Mod_perl (or Apache), doesn't like it when I don't send a
> Content-type and seems to send a default of text/plain regardless.  I
> don't want this.  I don't want any Content-type at all.
> 
> What I have now is sending mod_perl a Content-Type of ''.  This sends a
> blank Content-Type to the browser.  How can I avoid doing this?
... 
> 	$r->send_http_header;

roll your own version of send_http_header.  apache's send_http_header will
always send a content-type, part of being rfc compliant i guess.