json header does not work - php

Question

i have a webservice and a web interface for registered user. this section allow the user to get their statistics (similar to stack overflow)

now this tool i have allow the user to retreive their data in a json format, my problem is the header sent is not working for all the browsers

i have:

header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate');
header('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 00:00:00 GMT');
header('Content-type: text/json');

should i remove the expires and cache control?

thanks @TomvanderWoerdt, can you put this as your answer so i can accept it? — Joanna Lancaster, Dec 24 '11 at 14:42
JSON is typically not a format that works in web browsers, unlike HTML or XML. If you use JSON, then you'd expect a JSON parser to read it, not a browser. — netcoder, Dec 24 '11 at 14:43

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '11 at 14:43

9

The commonly accepted MIME for json is application/json.

answered Dec 24 '11 at 14:43

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

4

You should use:

header('Content-type: application/json');

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Dec 24 '11 at 14:42

Rob W

2 Answers2