Removing X-Powered-By

Question

1. How can I remove X-Powered-By header in PHP? I am on an Apache Server and I use php 5.21. I can\'t use the header_remove function in php as it\'s not supported by 5

Answer 1

If you use FastCGI try:

fastcgi_hide_header X-Powered-By;

Answer 2

If you cannot disable the expose_php directive to mute PHP’s talkativeness (requires access to the php.ini), you could use Apache’s Header directive to remove the header field:

Header unset X-Powered-By

Answer 3

if (function_exists('header_remove')) {
    header_remove('X-Powered-By'); // PHP 5.3+
} else {
    @ini_set('expose_php', 'off');
}

Answer 4

Try adding a header() call before sending headers, like:

header('X-Powered-By: Our company\'s development team');

regardless of the expose_php setting in php.ini

Answer 5

header_remove("X-Powered-By");

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.header-remove.php

Answer 6

If you have an access to php.ini, set expose_php = Off.