How to redirect and open in new page in same time

[spin0us]

Hi there,

A friend of mine needs to make a kind of header that open a target in a new windows. Just like <a href="" target="_blank" but in php.
Is there a way to make something like that ?

Thanks

[feldon23]

Wait, do you want a header or a link?

If you want a new window to open, use javascript to open a window. Of course popup blockers will rightly block it!

[daveyboy]

sounds like you need javascript

[spin0us]

No way to make it with php ?

[daveyboy]

you could use header() and have that page open another window via javascript, though as feldon23 says, any popup blocker will block it.

you could call the javascript on the page before the header() call, when the link/button is clicked. smarter popup blockers will allow this.