redirect to new ip address

[tomhilton]

I am moving a website to a new ip address, same domain name, but new server with different ip address. I am looking for a simple script that will redirect visitors whose dns cache hasnt been updated by the new dns records for the domain. Is there a simple way to do this? I was thinking the meta refresh tag was the answer, but I dont think it handles ip addresses, or does it (url=111.222.333.444/newdomain.com)? Seems like this would not work.

[trooper]

header("location:new ip address");

don't forget the "http"

HTH

GM

[tomhilton]

But what is correct syntax? When i type ip address/domainname.com at my browser window to access a site, I get an Apache "forbidden" error message. Is there a correct syntax for refresh tag that will allow this?

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://111.222.333.444/www.domainname.com">

I think I would still get forbidden or cannot find errors this way. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.