Apache/PHP returns HTTP Status Code 200 on error pages

Question

I\'m running PHP 5.4 on CentOS 7 and when there is a php file that throws an error (either an exception, or a syntax error) it returns an HTTP 200 status code instead of 500.

Answer 1

According to a PHP bug report, the behavior described here is due to how display_errors is set.

[2010-02-03 19:03 UTC] derick@php.net

The reason why display errors needs to be turned of, is because displayed errors generate output, and output causes the headers to be send out. I'm afraid we can't do much about this.

So the answer to the question is that:

• When display_errors is on it will return 200 always.
• When display_errors is off it will return 500.