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
– Joanna Lancaster, Commented Dec 24, 2011 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
– netcoder, Commented Dec 24, 2011 at 14:43

Tom van der Woerdt · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-24 14:43:29Z

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The commonly accepted MIME for json is application/json.

answered Dec 24, 2011 at 14:43

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:55:32Z

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You should use:

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

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answered Dec 24, 2011 at 14:42

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