pausing a script in php

Anon

I have a php script that checks to see
if a user entered proper id and password
and if they didn't, it then displays
an html page stating this and then after
a 5 second time interval, redirect them back to the password page.

I have the script working ok, but no
matter what I change the time to in
the setTimeout routine, it quickly
displays the password page and I need
it to pause for a little longer.

Can someone please tell me what I'm
doing wrong?

	print "\n";
	print "<title></title>\n";
	print "<head>\n";
	print "</head>\n\n";

	print "<body onLoad=MoveMe() background='e:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\future\\fs_images\\pssback.gif'>\n\n";

	print "<!! === LOGO HEADING === !!>\n";
	print "<table border=0 width=600 align=center>\n";
	print "<tr>\n";
	print "    <td align=center>\n";
	print "    <img src='e:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\future\\fs_images\\passlogo.gif'>\n";
	print "    </td>\n";
	print "</tr></table>\n\n";

	print "<br><br>\n";
	print "<table border=0 width=600 align=center>\n";
	print "<tr>\n";
	print "    <td align=center>\n";
	print "    <font color=gold size=4 face='Arial'><b>\n";
	print "    $sMsg\n\n";
	print "    </b></font>\n";
	print "    </td>\n";
	print "</tr></table>\n\n";

	print "<script language='JavaScript'>\n";
	print "function MoveMe()\n";
	print "{\n";
	print "setTimeout(location.href='http://206.47.120.25/future/password.html', 5000);\n";
	print "}\n";
	print "</script>\n\n";

	print "</body>\n";
	print "\n\n";

[deleted]

Who knows, it's javascript, not PHP.

Have a look at a javascript site, or search the web for "javascript settimeout"

Anon

Hello Kathy,

I'd like to suggest something. Why don't you try this algorithm.

begin-------------------------
<?

if (isset($submit)) {

if(verify($user,$password)) {      
    Header("Location: secure.page.php?xxxx");
    }//if
else {

  if (empty($user) || empty($password)) {
      $message ="please provide a username and password.";
     }
   else {
      $message="invalid username/password";
         }
  }

}
?>

<form method = post action = <? echo $PHP_SELF ?>>
USERNAME:<input type = text name="user" value="">

PASSWORD:<input type=password name="password">

----------------------end....

try it and see for your self..
ok?

Anon

Personally, I would just use META redirects when timed redirects are necessary. It's useful when you want to have a generic error page for any error. Also I have no experience ith Javascript.

jariizumi

The problem with Kathy's code is that she has forgotten the outer quotes on the setTimeOut function. The statement to be evaluated must be in quotes for IE4. With IE5, however, it will go both ways. What's probably happening is that the setTimeOut evaluates the statement before the timer starts (if it's a string, evaluating it doesn't hurt, right?). So it will execute the evaluated statement of window.location = blah, which, of course, is true (however, it may never see it!). Hope this made sense.

Anon

simple question, simple answer:
sleep(xxx); where xxx is number of seconds IIRC.

[deleted]

Simple answer, but did you read the question? and do you think Kathy is still here waiting for an answer one year after posting the question? :-)

Anon

Read the question allright, but I missed the date part...

pepe-le-pew

That could still help someone searching the archives 😉