Reloading/Refreshing a Page Anywhere in Code

OXiGEN

Hi,

I'd like to know if and how one can reload the current page via code, anywhere in the code.

For my purposes, META redirects won't do as they come before the refresh command would be useful. JavaScript reload looks like it would do the trick, but I need to call the reload function without user interviation (via clicking something). Using an onLoad in BODY won't do either as it comes before the refresh is needed. I couldn't find anything in the PHP manual that can do this. I'm not concerned about cache effects.

Maybe this will better explain what I want to do.
Example Psuedo-Code:

if ($userok == 1) {
loadUserSessionData();
//reload this page right now without user intervention
}

Is there some functional PHP/JS/HTML/Other code i could plug in where the comment is? Thanks.

OXiGEN

That's what I needed to plug in. The $PHP_SELF helps null any POSTs being passed with reload so a loop doesn't occur where it keeps asking to reload form data.

6 hours to remember <script> can be used outside of <head>... I need sleep =/

ShawnD

i hope you don't mind me asking this but what is that code for?

i'm new to PHP so i gotta get all angles of how i could do certain things 🙂

OXiGEN

Basically, it had to do with the order of variables. My header has some CSS code relying on PHP session variables to set various colors on the page. However, the code allowing users to change the colors is further down the page. When they change stuff, the changes aren't reflected right away like the user would expect them to. That's because the code on top hasn't gotten the updates from the code below. By reloading the page with the new changes, the code above can now see the changes in time (as far as the user is concerned).

If you're new to PHP, take a look at sessions. They're very handy for passing variables that will be in use on most pages. Especially when these variables change by user preference.