Header location loses domain

Anon

I've discovered something very strange and have been trying to fix it all weekend. First up here's the logic of what I'm trying to accomplishes.
java file uploader --> post to a php page --> write header depending on outcome of uploads.

1) The header part is the screwy part. The header get written correctly, but the URL on the browser does not show the correct URL eventhought he content is of that URL.

2) When viewing sources, all the correct codes for that URL is there. The browser has no problem displaying HTML content. However, links such as <a href='/foo/'> points to a blank page (about:blank./foo when the mouse is over the status bar display that). And images <img src='/images/foo.gif'> does not display.

#2 can only be fix by appending a domain name to all sources and links. eg. <img src='http://mydomain.com/images/foo.gif'> then everything works.

Does anyone know what cause(s) this? or if there's a way around this problem?

rrijnders

1) Show us your header() statement
2) What is your domain?
3) What domain are you redirecting to?

-- Rich

Anon

java applet file post to
upload.php

which has the following statements:

if (createdir($path) && storeImage($path)) {
$url = "http://www.foo.com/services/fxthankyou.php?order_id=".$order_id;
header("Location: ".$url);
exit;
} else { // fail to store file try again
header("Location: http://www.foo.com/services/ordering/zUploader.php?contentname=_uploader&status=0&order_id=".$order_id);
exit;
}

rrijnders

Your code looks fine. The only time that I have heard of what you are experiencing is when people generate HTML mail. In that case you need to put in complete URL's because the email client doesn't have a base URL for reference. But in this case, it sounds like a browser issue if the browser is not keeping the base URL from the previous page as a reference for relative URL's.

-- Rich