redirect after a submit

[twopeak]

When I have a form, and it processes like I want, I would like the page to go to another page!
How do I do this??

if ($submit) {
//do some actions and so on...

//go to index.php

} else {
//display form
}

[irish]

header("Location: somepage.php\r\n");

the "\r\n" is just to keep some older browsers from choking on the header.

[twopeak]

doesn't work: the headers are already sent!

I tried with a (javascript) meta refresh, but nomatter what adress I use, it will just refresh itself!

[hand]

The code which irish posted must be executed before any other statement is printed out. The header() line wust always be the first line sent to the client.

[twopeak]

I thought so...
it's very difficult...
because the head part is written from another file...

[hand]

Ok
please post your meta refresh

[twopeak]

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="5" URL="http://www.downfire.com/blackstarb/gastenboek/index.php">

First I didn't put the whole URL, only index.php, and then I tried this, and now I commented out this line, so the user has to press a link...

isn't there a way to do this directly, without having to show more html?

[hand]

Take this:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="5; URL=http://www.downfire.com/blackstarb/gastenboek/index.php">

[MrAlaska]

There is an alternate approach also that usually works better for me. It has its own peculiararities and works better if you are using a wrapper page with includes to encapsulate all you pages, but it sure makes it easier to pass values to a page.:

if ($submit) {
//do some actions and so on...

include "index.php";

} else {
//display form
}