send variables automatically

[evan18h]

I tried the header() function it gave this error:

"Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by..."

What i am trying to do is send variables to another php page without messing with JavaScript to send variables to another page with a form (which doesn't work very well, because javascript and php dont mix)

if I could somehow get the page to send variables though something like the header() (which needs to be called after a bunch of conditional statements, I heard you had to have it before anything else...)

or if someone could help with
ob_start() and ob_end_flush()
and how I could do it correctly that way.

[drew010]

is it out of the question to send the variables via GET?

[evan18h]

yes, i would think so.... what i have is two files, one sends though a form... the other analyizes the data recived, and a database then waits until a event is triggered in the database... after that it will redirect back to the previous page, with variable data attached... I already have it all programmed and i tried using javascript

[drew010]

if you dont output anything you could send the person back to the first page like:

header("Location: firstpage.php?var1=something&var2=somethingelse&var3=another");

[evan18h]

what if i need to display something?

[drew010]

if you want to display something, you can set up a meta refresh, to the same url as above, or just put a link with the same information for them to click when they are ready.

[evan18h]

no... its not a refresh, and its triggered so when the database changes the page is redirected.... and i rather not have them click anything

[drew010]

try looking at output buffering then.
www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php