google sitemaps problem

when trying to submit my site to googles sitemap service, it reports that my sites 404 error page returns a status of 200 (OK) in the header. is there anyway to modify my custom error page to display 404 in the header like an original error page would? i deleted the custom page, then submitted, and it worked, so i added the custom page again. this simply bypasses the problem, and does not provide a permanent solution for it incase they run another check which im sure they will.

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In the first line of your script write this :

Code:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
?>

hmm i think i tried that, but it gave error saying headers were already sent, and i cant remove them, because they load javascripts in the header (html)

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Headers must be sent at the start of the script, before anything else.

errr so adding this will not make the page not show up right? i like my custom error pages

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It will show the page, unless the user has some kind of plugin in the browser, that will redirect to another page.

hmm well i have seemed to avoid the problem for now, if it happens to arise again i am not sure how this will work, as i use php fusion on my main website (easy for me to make changes as I Am always at a different PC).. and the viewpage.php sends out its own headers, also I have pages that are not error pages which are used by viewpage.php so i dont want them to have the error 404 header..

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