really quick help....redirect

[gwu]

I am new to php and need the code to auomatically redirect to another web page. I cant seem to find any examples. In ASP the core was:


<% response.redirect &quot;index2.html&quot; %>


thanks

 

[skiflyer]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

header(&quot;Location:

http://www.example.com/&quot;);

*All headers must be sent before anything else.

-Rob

 

[KarveR]

what skiflyer said, however there is a bug with these boards which will invalidate his code.
whenever you put a url in code it appends a ; .
remove the first one after the url, but keep the last one. ______________________________________________________________________
There's no present like the time, they say. - Henry's Cat.

 

[skiflyer]

Oop, he's right... the board has a workaround, I just always forget to use it...

header("Location: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.example.com/");[/URL]

-Rob

 

[KarveR]

what workaround?

c'mon, share - you know its the right thing to do ______________________________________________________________________
There's no present like the time, they say. - Henry's Cat.

 

[danielhozac]

Use the

 and

TGML tags and remember to check the &quot;Process TGML&quot; option. //Daniel

 

[gwu]

you say that all headers must be sent before anything else? Can someone explain further. I read the same thing on php.net but still confused.
what if i want to send people to different places depending on a variable like:
****************
x=session(&quot;variable&quot;
if x =1 then
header(&quot;Location:

http://www.example.com/&quot;);

else
header(&quot;Location:

http://www.somewhereelse.com/&quot;);

****************
thanks

 

[likelylad]

I find that this works for me

<?php
if code
?>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>location.replace('

http://myserver/mydir/myfile.php');</SCRIPT>;

<?php
}
ELSE {
?>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>location.replace('

http://myserver/mydir1/myfile1.php');</SCRIPT>;

<?php
}
?>

 

[skiflyer]

gwu
Sure, it's output to the browser that's a concern here.

What you put will work, but a print statement before a header command, or including a file which echos something would not. Additionally, a mistake a hear of once and awhile is blank spaces before the opening <?php tag, which is sent to the browser to print blank space.



likelylad
That will only work for people with javascript turned on in their browser... that may or may not be a concern for you.

-Rob