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-<h3>Bugfix checklist:</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">HTTPD changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_headers">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2">Report a bug</a></li></ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_headers">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&component=mod_headers">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
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+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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<dt><code>setifempty</code></dt>
<dd>The request header is set, but only if there is no previous header
- with this name.<br />
- Available in 2.4.7 and later.</dd>
+ with this name.
+ <div class="note">
+ The Content-Type header is a special use case since there might be
+ the chance that its value have been determined but the header is not part
+ of the response when <code>setifempty</code> is evaluated.
+ It is safer to use <code>set</code> for this use case like in the
+ following example:
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Header set Content-Type "text/plain" "expr=-z %{CONTENT_TYPE}"</pre>
+
+ </div></dd>
<dt><code>unset</code></dt>
<dd>The response header of this name is removed, if it exists.
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