header("Location: etc") <-- How compatible is this?

poisa

I'm using this code to redirect users to another page on my site:

header("Location: [url]http://www.somesite.com/anotherpage.html[/url]");

As far as the PHP manual goes, absolute URIs should be used to be compatible with HTTP/1.1, but that is as far as the manual goes in this matter.

Can anyone tell me how browser compatible this method is?
Will this work in a frame window with most browsers?

laserlight

Pretty much yes.

But since you are are so concerned, the best way would be to test the effects yourself.

poisa

I'm assuming your "Pretty much yes." answers my second question. Do you have any info on the first one?

I already tested IE 6, Mozilla 1.3.1, and Netscape 6 on Windows, but of course I don't have access to every browser. That's why I ask. Do you know of any other browsers that will not screw this up?

laserlight

It answers both, actually.

Browsers are by definition HTTP agents.
Being HTTP client programs they should comply with HTTP/1.1, which came out years ago.

poisa

Awesome.
I guess that's what I wanted to find out...

Thanks for the help.