Redirect as in asp

[Anon]

Is there a redirect function that works in php that doesn't rely on the http headers not being written? Similar to the response.redirect in asp when used with the response.buffer?

[Anon]

If I recall correctly, response.redirect in asp will choke if the headers have already been sent as well. It is the style of redirect you want...

Javascript will give you the ability to change the location easily if the headers have already been sent:

document.location = "http://some.new/location.html";

[Anon]

No.

Redirection only works through headers.

You can avoid the headers problem by switching the output buffering on in php.ini. This will buffer all output of your script in memory untill the page is complete.
Then it will sort all the headers and send them in the correct order.

However, this is not a good idea.
Not only is it slower, your redirect statement should always be the firts thing you send. Not because http works that way, but because it makes no sense whatsoever to send any text to a browser only to redirect to a different page immediately after sending the text.