redirecting in PHP

vgurgov

Hi,
Do you know how to navigate from one page to another using some other function call than
header("Location: http://www.phpbuilder.com/");

I remember there was just a simple function call... but dont know exactly what it was...

if you do, please share

thanks!!!

Merve

Originally posted by vgurgov
Hi,
Do you know how to navigate from one page to another using some other function call than
header("Location: http://www.phpbuilder.com/");

I remember there was just a simple function call... but dont know exactly what it was...

if you do, please share

thanks!!!

What you have should do just fine.

vgurgov

The thing is that i want to redirect to a page in my directory and even send a parameter like:

print.php?name=mike&age=20

AND it has to be redirected from middle of page not beginning, because the header() works only from beginning.
When i tried to use it in middle of my code it gave me an error saying that the headers were already sent.

Basically, i need a similar function as in Javascript:

location = "print.php?name=" + name + "&age=" + age;

something like that BUT in PHP.

Thanks again!

Merve

Why not use something like this:

<?php
$url="http://www.blah.example.com";
echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\">";
echo "<!--";
echo "window.location.replace(\"".$url."\");";
echo "//-->";
?>

If that doesn't work, add backslashes before the brackets and the semicolons inside the echo structures.

vgurgov

Thanks a bunch Merve

that's actually how I had solved it...

so I guess there is no such function in PHP itself 🙁

Peace!

superwormy

You are correct, since PHP is a server-side language, it is absolutely impossible to redirect someone with it after the HTTP headers have been sent.

You could also use HTML meta redirects, search Google for more details.

Moonglobe

Originally posted by superwormy
You could also use HTML meta redirects, search Google for more details.

always a good idea 🙂