Redirect

ASP has <%Response.redirect("http://blahblah")%>

What is the equivalent command in php to redirect a user to a new URL in
the same window? Or is there a Javascript command that does this job better?

Thanks,
Purple Haze

.oO(Purple Haze)

>ASP has <%Response.redirect("http://blahblah")%>
>
>What is the equivalent command in php to redirect a user to a new URL in
>the same window? Or is there a Javascript command that does this job better?[/color
]

http://www.php.net/header

Micha

Michael Fesser wrote:
>  .oO(Purple Haze)
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> 
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> http://www.php.net/header
>
> Micha

After using:

header("Location: http://www.example.com/");

Its complaining headers have already been sent, and doesn't redirect.

Purple Haze wrote:
> Michael Fesser wrote: 
>
> After using:
>
> header("Location: http://www.example.com/");
>
> Its complaining headers have already been sent, and doesn't redirect.

Read the entire section on the header() function, don't just skip down to
the examples. header() must be called before any output (including
whitespace before <?php) has been sent.

Agelmar wrote:

> Purple Haze wrote:
> 
>
>
> Read the entire section on the header() function, don't just skip down to
> the examples. header() must be called before any output (including
> whitespace before <?php) has been sent.
>
>

I guess I should have been more specfic, I need a redirect-function that
can be called anytime in the script. In this instance after the script
has determined that a vaild user and pass have been submitted.

Purple Haze

.oO(Purple Haze)

>I guess I should have been more specfic, I need a redirect-function that
>can be called anytime in the script. In this instance after the script
>has determined that a vaild user and pass have been submitted.

Of course you can do this with header(), but you either

* have to make sure there's no other output sent to the browser before
(Does the check for a valid user prints anything out?)

or

* have to use output buffering.

Micha

Michael Fesser wrote:

>  .oO(Purple Haze)
>
> 
>
>
> Of course you can do this with header(), but you either
>
> * have to make sure there's no other output sent to the browser before
>   (Does the check for a valid user prints anything out?)
>
> or
>
> * have to use output buffering.
>
> Micha

I am still unclear what your referring to, perhaps a copy of the script
will help...

<center>
<form ACTION="login.php" name="saveform" METHOD="POST" align="center">
<p><input NAME="username"VALUE SIZE="8" MAXLENGTH="16" tabindex="1"></p>
<p><input type="password"name="password" size="8" tabindex="2"
maxlength="8"></p>
<p><input TYPE="button"NAME="FormsButton2" VALUE="Validate"
ONCLICK="submit()" tabindex="3"style="font-family: Verdana; font-size:
12pt">
</form>
</center>

<?php
$mysql_database="login";
$mysql_username="root";
$mysql_password="";
$link = mysql_connect("localhost",$mysql_username,$mysql_password) or
die ("Unable to connect to SQL server");
mysql_select_db($mysql_database,$link) or die ("Unable to select database");
$username = $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'];
$password = $HTTP_POST_VARS['password'];

if (isset($password))
{
$qstr = "SELECT * from members where user ='$username' and pass
='$password'";
$result = mysql_query($qstr);

if (mysql_num_rows($result))
{
echo "<font color=#008000><Center><b>**Successful
Login**</b></Center></font>";
header("Location: http://www.example.com/");
exit;
}
else echo "<font color=#ff0000><Center><b>**Failed
Login**</b></Center></font>";
mysql_close();

}
else echo "<font color=#ff8000><Center><b>**No login
attempted**</b></Center></font>";
?>

Purple Haze wrote:

> Michael Fesser wrote:
> 
>
>

Found the answer to my own question :/

I had a feeling javascript was the key here:

echo "<script>window.location=\"login1.php\"</script>";

will do the job

Purple Haze <xxx@xxx.com> wrote:
> I had a feeling javascript was the key here:
>
> echo "<script>window.location=\"login1.php\"</script>";
>
> will do the job

What about any client without javascript?

Fix your php code instead...

--

Daniel Tryba

.oO(Purple Haze)

>Found the answer to my own question :/
>
>I had a feeling javascript was the key here:
>
>echo "<script>window.location=\"login1.php\"</script>";
>
>will do the job

Unreliable.

Try to fix your script instead: First - before anything else - check if
the user is valid, then redirect or print out the form.

Micha

PS: Please don't send me copies of your postings by e-mail. I read the
groups I'm posting to.