Framework: [5.4] Response - Wrong HTTP status code returned

[MarceauKa]

• Laravel Version: 5.4.24
• PHP Version: 7.0.15
• Database Driver & Version: MySQL 5.6

Description:

Hi! I'm building a RESTful API with Laravel 5.4. All's fine with my tests, my API returns the good HTTP response code (200, 422, 404, ...) but when I'm trying to use it in a real case, the HTTP code 200 is always returned.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. My controller

return response()->json([
   'name' => ['The field name is required']]
], 422);

1. My test

// Works
$this->postJson(route('api.users.create'))
        ->assertStatus(422)

1. My real request

curl --request POST \
  --url http://my-endpoint.rest \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \

It's cURL but I have the same problem with Axios and Insomnia
My request always returns 200. And it's the same for all of my controllers.

I've tried with Response::make() and abort() this is the same thing. Routes are in the "api" group and the Content-Type returned is always text/html.

[tghpow]

+1

[themsaid]

I can't replicate your issue, response codes are returned correctly.

[themsaid]

Route::get('/user', function (Request $request) {
    return response()->json(123, 422);
});

Returns a response code 422.

[MarceauKa]

Found the error in routes/api.php.

The empty line converts all request to HTTP 200.

[stefanpl]

Can confirm, empty line before opening <?php leads to wrong (always 200) status code and content type

[jaripekkala]

Happened here too. VS Code warns if you happen to have a namespace statement in the file.

Without the namespace you get no warnings.

[yourlenar]

Hi, I have a similar problem, but with routes/api.php all okay. What else could be the problem?

[jaripekkala]

@yourlenar I think it's not only the routing files, can you check all the other project files too?