Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

send_status_line

Synopsis

$c->send_status_line ( [code, [msg, [proto]]] )

Sends the status line composed of the given arguments back to the client. If the arguments are given, the default status line is sent as HTTP/1.1 200 OK. The arguments are:

code

The numeric code indicating the status of the request, e.g., 200 for an OK request or 404 for a request for a resource that doesn’t exist

msg

A short string describing the status code

proto

A string indicating the protocol and version number used by the server, e.g., HTTP/1.1.