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WebRat

How do I have one page automatically go to another page without user interaction?

i.e. App1.html goes to process1.php via submit to write the data into mySQL. Once the data is in mySQL I want process1.php to go to app2.html without user interaction.

I've used include 'app2.html'; but this leaves process1.php in the address bar. Not that it matters but isn't there a way to go to another page automatically?

Dave

knuff

try to echo this when the user is done.

echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="1; url=yourpage.html">';

it works in IE.

knuff

WebRat

Thanks knuff. I tried it in both IE6 and NN7. It works great!!

Paul_w

A better way to do this would be to put the following at the end of your processing script:

header("location: mypage.html");
exit;

Paul

WebRat

Thanks Paul. This too works great in both IE6 and NN7 and is less code.

WebRat

I have run several tests using both methods listed above.

I found that if headers have already been sent by another process that Paul's method generates errors.

I have not gotten an error yet using knuff's method.

Paul_w

Yes, Headers should always be sent before any page content is output to the browser. That is the way PHP works. If you are simply re-directing to another page after making DB entries then there should be no problems at all, as you don't need to output any page content.

If you use a meta refresh, you are extending the amount of time the script needs to run by having to echo content to the client and wait for the response simply to go to another page, seems rather pointless, why not run the whole process on the server in one go?

Both methods have their place, but for a simple re-direct after running a script on the server, I wouldn't consider using a meta-refresh.

WebRat

Thanks Paul for the explaination. So that's why it seemed to work on some pages but not others.