[Resolved] Page redirection header location not working?

limsinghou

Hi experts,

I reinstalled the apache web server, and i restored the same PHP source and works fine for everything except --- Header location..

I wonder what went wrong.... Can anyone help? i am at my wits end...

    <?php
    session_start();
    include("settings.inc");
    mysql_select_db("helpdesk", $connection);
    $query = "SELECT name,  usertype FROM Usersettings WHERE Username = '$_POST[username]' AND Password = '$_POST[password]'";
    $result = mysql_query($query) or die("ERROR");
    $Resultrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);
    $User = $Resultrow[0];
    $Type = $Resultrow[1];
    $num_result = mysql_num_rows($result);
    print ("<tr><td height = 80 valign=\"top\">");
    if($num_result == 0) {
    print("<font color='red'>You have entered invalid user ID or password ! Please try again!<br>");
    print ("If you have forgotten your password, Please contact HMM SIN I&T Dept for assistance.</font>");
    print "";
    }
    else {
    mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1000000);
    $SesId = session_id();

    $query2 = "INSERT INTO Temp (SesId, Sesdate, Name, Type) VALUES ('$SesId',  SYSDATE(), '$User', '$Type')";
    $result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die("ERROR");

    // delete old inactive sessions
    $query3 = "DELETE FROM temp WHERE Sesdate <> SYSDATE()";
    $result3 = mysql_query($query3) or die("ERROR");

    // update current old sessions
    $query4 = "UPDATE temp SET Name = '$User' WHERE SesId='$SesId'";
    $result4 = mysql_query($query4) or die("ERROR");
    print ("<br></tr></table>");
   switch ($Type)
   {
   case "C":
           header("location:mainc.php");
           break;
    case "I":
            header("location:mainc.php");
            break;
   case "T":
            header("location:maint.php");
            break;
   case "P":
            header("location:maint.php");
           break;

   }
    }

Would that be my setting in apache went wrong???

tekky

do you get errors or what?

jayant

few browsers dont support this.
assuming your one does:-

are you sure you didn't output anything before the header was being sent?

try
Location: maint.php
Location: mainc.php

instead of
location:maint.php
location:mainc.php

limsinghou

do you get errors or what?

No. No error..

To: Jayant,

I have tried but not working still,
now i am using
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=mainc.php">';

But refreshing seems is slower redirection compare to header location redirection..

tekky

Originally posted by limsinghou
No. No error..

To: Jayant,

I have tried but not working still,
now i am using
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=mainc.php">';

But refreshing seems is slower redirection compare to header location redirection..

META allows the page to load...

header() doesnt.... (it gets called before any text is displayed... otherwise it bombs out and doesnt work....)

try this... header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/mainc.php");

limsinghou

sorry tekky, still not working.

I have same source running on another web server which works well... (all version of apache and php are same.)

so i am wondering if it is configuration mistake??

puzzling me...

jayant

put

<?php  error_reporting(E_ALL);  ?>

as first line in file and see if any errors comeup. if no luck
then try having

<?php  ob_start();  ?>

as first line of the file and see if it works.

limsinghou

Thanks for reply, Jayant.

But both are not working nor error generated.

Even i start it with simple code for example:
<html>
<?php
header("Location:http://www.google.com");
?>
</html>

LordShryku

<html> tags can be considered output. Put
<?php
header("Location:http://www.google.com");
?>
before anything

jayant

Originally posted by limsinghou
Thanks for reply, Jayant.

But both are not working nor error generated.

Even i start it with simple code for example:
<html>
<?php
header("Location:http://www.google.com");
?>
</html>

there you are. we asked you have not output anything before header. but you have

<html> and a newline character there.

it should be
<?php
header("Location:http://www.google.com");
?>

no <html>

that is the thing messing it all up.

if you keep
<?php ob_start(); ?>
as first line of file, and i mean first, no<html> or empty lines before it. then then all should be fine.

limsinghou

I have tried many ways:

<?php ob_start(); ?>
<?php
header("Location: http://www.google.com");
?>

even above, but stil not working...

limsinghou

Hi folks,

I found the solution and problem is in php.ini.

; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path
; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this
; variable in order to use PHP's session functions.
session.save_path = /temp

have to set to /temp instead of /tmp.

thanks anyway...

jayant

and who will mark the thread resolved?

limsinghou

I shall give the credits to all those respond to this thread.

Thanks jayant.

jayant

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