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823	Add disable_header option (opposite of add_header) which would let apps (php, ..) to control their headers	arno01@…		"Dear devs,

I think it would be nice to have ""disable_header"" option.

To give you an idea what I mean, I will give you an example.
In my particular case I am using Piwik (open source analytics solution) which always adds ""X-Frame-Options"".
Here is the owner's response which says that this header should be controlled by the webserver only https://github.com/piwik/piwik/issues/7379#issuecomment-133149429  (I believe there are more such pieces of SW that add their own extra headers)

I am okay with switching this header off in the nginx config and letting the Piwik to take the control of it, unfortunately I have the ""X-Frame-Options"" header set in a global config for all my vhosts (somehwere in conf.d/*.conf, my vhosts are in vhosts/*.conf) which gives me only way to split the headers among the vhost files and this is not something I want.

It would be nice to have the application-level headers control as well, and even mixed (some headers to be set by the nginx and some - by the app). Therefore I suggest to add ""disable_header"" flag. (or it can be named as ""exclude_header"" or ""except_header"", ...)

(an extra idea) ""disable_header"" could be also wildcard'ed, I bet someone would find this useful. (wildcard use case example ""disable_header X-*;"")

If you see my point, I would be happy to see this feature in the coming release!
"	enhancement	closed	minor		nginx-module	1.9.x	wontfix	headers, add_header, disable_header, control		Linux www 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u5 (2015-10-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux	"nginx version: nginx/1.9.6
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