Why doesn't this redirect work?

jon86

<?php
if (!($fl=fopen("latestlink.txt","r"))) // Open file
exit("Unable to open file.") ;
while (!feof($fl)) 
{ 
$txt=fgetc($fl) ; // Read the link inside the text file ($fl) and call it $txt
}
fclose($fl) ; // Close file
?>

</body>
</html>

I tried to make PHP change the header but I want the location in the header be changed to what is read from the text file. It didn't work coz the header was defined before the location in the text file was read. I decided to try and META http-equiv refresh way instead. It doesn't work either...

Thanks!
Jon

jon86

<?php
$lnk = file_get_contents("latestlink.txt");
?>

</body>
</html>

jon86

<?php
if (!function_exists("file_get_contents")) {
function file_get_contents($filename, $use_include_path = 0) {
$data = "";
$file = @fopen($filename, "rb", $use_include_path);
if ($file) {
while (!feof($file)) $data .= fread($file, 1024);
fclose($file);
}
return $data;
}
}

$url = file_get_contents("latestlink.txt");
header ("Location: $url");

</body>
</html>

when this is run, I get this error message...

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\apache\htdocs\examples\latestlink3.php:4) in c:\apache\htdocs\examples\latestlink3.php on line 18

Thanks.
Jon

weevil

Try moving your html tags below the ?>.