Won't Change Header

ffdave

Why won't this page redirect? To make things more interesting, if the first condition of the IF STATEMENT is met, it will redirect. But if the second condition of the IF STATEMENT is met, it won't redirect. Why? How do I fix this problem?

	Function Redirect($location){
		header("Location: $location");
		exit;
	}

$SessionState = $_COOKIE['CMS'];
$location1 = "http://cms.mypcdoctor.biz/login/login.php";
$location2 = "http://cms.mypcdoctor.biz/";

If($SessionState == "101"){
  Redirect($location2);

}else{
  # Else: Redirect to Sign In Page / Not Logged In
  Redirect($location2);

}

sneakyimp

Um...both halves of your if statement refer to the same URL. shouldn't one of them at least refer to $location1?

suntra

First, try without redirection... just echo some text in each case (logged in / not logged in, make sure not to use the same text).

Second, you seem to redirect to the same URL no matter if the person is logged in or not ($location2).

ffdave

That was a copy/paste error, however, it one was changed to $location1 and the other to $location2 - it wouldn't make a difference.

Also, i did echo the statements and they echo when the conditions are met.

justsomeone

Could it be that there is anything in your file before your opening "<?php" tag? Anything at all? a space, a newline?

If there is, then you won't be able to redirect.

I've you have, say, a space before the opening PHP tag, then this space will be sent down to the client's browser. The server will assume the space is the start of a text document and will automaticallty send the appropriate headers for that before moving onto the actual content - the space.

If you then try to send a header (in your case, a redirection header), this introduces a problem, as the server has now told the client that all the headers have been sent and all that follows is content. Not wishing to break protocol and possibly bring about the The End of The Internet, your server refuses to send the header out of sequence.

If your server is set up to display errors and warnings, it would display a message saying something like "Unable to send header" at this point. Otherwise it may just silently stop.

So, check for anything at all before the opening php tag, and get rid of it.

sneakyimp

yeah, what exactly is the problem? what exactly does your browser do?