Hello all,

I am wondering what would be the appropriate HTTP status code for a web-page depending on a GET-var and where the GET-var is invalid

Example URI: www.test.com/test.php?id=5

In this example, the value of "id" is looked in a a database and no result is found for whatever reason (id was previously deleted or URI was modified manually).

I came across the 405 Status code "Method Not Allowed", but that doesn't seem right since the method GET is allowed, merely the value passed is incorrect. In my opinion, some sort of 4xx client error should be returned, but I am unsure which one. 404 sounds wrong, since the page test.php is being found.

Anybody have ay thoughts?

The HTTP response refers to the requested URI (including the querystring) NOT the page name. So I always return a 404 response when an item is not in the database or the value is invalid.

Thanks chrishirst for clarifying the amplitude of the 404 status code. You were a great help