custom error document in .htaccess

[kranthi117]

i hav this line in my .htacess file

ErrorDocument 403 /site/403.php

 

and this in my test.php file

<?php
header(' ',true,403);
?>

 

but when i open http://localhost/site/test.php i m getting nothing but a blank screen but i m expecting 403.php to open in its place

plz help me

 

Plz dont suggest something like

<?php
header('Location: http://localhost/site/403.php');
?>

 

[trq]

the first argument to the header function is not optional, feading it an empty string isn't going to help either. How about passing it a 403 header? eg;

 

<?php header("HTTP/1.0 Error 403 Forbidden"); ?>

[kranthi117]

well http://in2.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php#77846

i hav tried this many times and it worked perfectly well. i checked tru live HTTP headers of FF

 

i even tried

<?php header("HTTP/1.0 Error 403 Forbidden"); ?>

but in vain

 

httwatch basic(www.httpwatch.com) in IE shows its a 500 error in either case