[Resolved] header() doesn't redirect properly help!

[ppowell]

if ($_REQUEST['refURL']) {
 // $_REQUEST['refURL'] is, in this case = '/path/to/my/index.php?blah=foo&action=1'
 header('Location: [url]http://[/url]' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_REQUEST['refURL']);
}

There is a definite value in $_REQUEST['refURL'] and I tested that it exists right up until you get to header(), and then POOF it's gone!

The moment you go to header() it redirects you to:

http://www.mydomain.com/path/to/my/index.php

The query string is completely ignored by header() and I don't understand why!

Can someone please help me with Problem #4 on my day's list of problems I can't seem to fix?

Thanx
Phil

[devinemke]

i can't quite tell if its just this board mangling your code but the correct syntax would be:

$_REQUEST['refURL'] = '/path/to/my/index.php?blah=foo&action=1';
header('location: http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_REQUEST['refURL']);

i tested this on my box and it worked fine.

WinXP Pro
Apache 2.0.50
PHP 5.0.1

[ppowell]

Apparently this board mangles code to some extent, I did not post that..

However, I can tell you that it worked the moment I added exit() after header()..

I have no idea why.

Phil