How to get script to stop?

[basil]

Ok, I have a php file that calls a second php file and in that second php script, I check the upload size of a user upload file. If it is too big, I echo a message that describes the limits of uploads and also what file types are allowed. The problem is, as soon as I display the message, the scripts then jumps back to the original page that called the script and the message is not up long enough for the user to read it. I have tried exit; and without exit after the "if" but no difference.

Question, how to I get the script to stop after displaying the message?

Basil

[Thora_Fan]

Try putting your error message within die();

die("your error goes here");

And that's odd that it jumps back to the first page.

[mcrbids]

No sample code == ambiguous answers. Please provide more detail!

-Ben

[LordShryku]

Yeah, you could just use die();
Or you could move the error message to the original page, and call it through a $_GET var.

// I assume you do something like this...
if($img_size > $max_size) {
    header("Location: original_page.php?er=1");
}

//with the er=1 on the end, on your original page, you could
//add the message at the top

if($_GET['er'] == 1) {
   echo "Your image is too big. It can only be a max of blah x blah";
}