header('Location: /anypage.php'); HELP

[Anon]

The below code represents a basic login page. I'm pulling the user ID and password from a MYSQL database. That works fine. I can get stuff to echo after authentication (on the same page). What I can't seem to do is use the 'header' to automatically pull up another page. If I move the header statement outside the <? ?> the page jumps directly to the next page with presenting the login box.
Seems pretty straight forward but ... Any suggestions? Code examples?

Thanks
Paul
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<form action="welcome.php" method="get">
<table align=center width=500 cellpadding=5 border=5><tr><td bgcolor=#ee7218 align=center>
ENTER YOUR USER ID and PASSWORD</td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>

Dealer ID: <input type="Text" size="8" name="searchvalue" maxlength="5" value="<?=$HTTP_GET_VARS['searchvalue']?>">

Password: <input type="Text" size="5" name="searchvalue2" maxlength="4" value="<?=$HTTP_GET_VARS['searchvalue2']?>"> <input type="submit" value="Go">
</td></tr></table>
</form>

<?php

$dbcnx = @mysql_connect("XXXXXXX", "XXX", "XXX");
if (!$dbcnx) {
echo( "<P>Unable to connect to the " . "database server at this time.</P>" ); exit();
}

mysql_select_db("XXXXX", $dbcnx);

if (! @mysql_select_db("XXXXX") )
{ echo( "<P>Unable to locate the " . "database at this time.</P>" );
exit();
}

$searchterm = $HTTP_GET_VARS['searchvalue'];
$searchterm2 = $HTTP_GET_VARS['searchvalue2'];

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM dealern WHERE dealerno = '$searchterm' AND password = '$searchterm2'",$dbcnx);

if ($result) {
header('Location: /loggedin.php');
exit;
}
else {
..
}

?>

[herve]

Maybe using 'method="POST" ' in your FORM ?

[jonno946]

Try using the full URL:
header("location: http://www.mydomain.com/anypage.php");

Works for me....

[Anon]

You cannot call the header() function after headers have already been sent. If you output anything to the browser (including whitspace) the header function will fail. You may want to investigate "output buffering" to work around this. check out http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php

[Anon]

Thank you for the reference. adding this line to the top of my script -

<?php ob_start(); ?>

allows header information to be sent again after header information has initially been sent. I lost my echo commands, but can work around that.