[RESOLVED] header location won't redirect

[SpecialFX]

I have a script that executes perfectly except for it should be redirecting and it doesn't it just completes the script and stays on a blank white page, and I don't even have any echoes or anything.

<?php
session_start();
require ('checkemail.php');
require ('randompass.php');
require ('dbconnectusers.php');
$email = $_POST['email'];
if (check_email_address($email)) {
$query = "SELECT userid FROM users WHERE email = '$email'";
$theresult = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$emailcount = mysql_num_rows($theresult);
if ($emailcount ==1){
$password = createRandomPassword();

$pass = sha1($password);

mysql_query("UPDATE users SET password='$pass'
WHERE email='$email'")or die(mysql_error());

$subject = "New Account Password";

$msg_body .= "Your password has been reset. Please see below for details.\n";
$msg_body .= "Please Change your password to something easier to remember upon logging in.\n";
$msg_body .= "\n";
$msg_body .= "Password:  $password\n";
$msg_body .= "\n\n";
$msg_body .= "www.site.com\n";

$headers = 'From: [e-mail]' . "\r\n";
mail($email, $subject, $msg_body, $headers);
$_SESSION['report'] = 'Success, You\'ve got mail!';
header('Location: forgot.php');
} else {
$_SESSION['report'] = 'This E-mail Addresses doesn\'t exist.';
header('Location: forgot.php');
}
}else {
$_SESSION['report'] = 'This E-mail Addresses is not valid.';
header('Location: forgot.php');
}
?>

[NogDog]

One possibilty: if HTTP-1.1, you must use a full URI for the location:

header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/fogot.php");

[SpecialFX]

a good thought, but thats not the case.

[angeljyt]

require ('checkemail.php');
require ('randompass.php');
require ('dbconnectusers.php');

because you require other files,all the php files mustn't output anything before you send the header.
you can add ob_start() at the start line.

[scrypted]

Yeah, you need to use output buffering and then you should be good to go.

[bradgrafelman]

1. I removed the e-mail address from your post, just to minimalize spam.
2. Set error_reporting to E_ALL and make sure display_errors is set to On. Do you see any errors now?
3. Have you changed the code any since your initial post? If so, can you post us a fresh copy please?

[SpecialFX]

so if I do ob_start() at the top it redirects properly except the session variables were never set, because it should show them on the page it redirects to and it doesnt.

[bradgrafelman]

Try calling [man]session_write_close/man after you're done writing SESSION data, but before you make a header() redirect.

[SpecialFX]

The session data doesn't show up still even with it looking like this.

<?php
session_start();
ob_start();
require ('checkemail.php');
require ('randompass.php');
require ('dbconnectusers.php');
$email = $_POST['email'];
if (check_email_address($email)) {
$query = "SELECT userid FROM users WHERE email = '$email'";
$theresult = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$emailcount = mysql_num_rows($theresult);
if ($emailcount ==1){
$password = createRandomPassword();

$pass = sha1($password);

mysql_query("UPDATE users SET password='$pass'
WHERE email='$email'")or die(mysql_error());

$subject = " New Account Password";

$msg_body .= "Your password has been reset. Please see below for details.\n";
$msg_body .= "Please Change your password to something easier to remember upon logging in.\n";
$msg_body .= "\n";
$msg_body .= "Password:  $password\n";
$msg_body .= "\n\n";
$msg_body .= "www.site.com\n";

$headers = 'From: [e-mail]' . "\r\n";
mail($email, $subject, $msg_body, $headers);
$_SESSION['report'] = 'Success, You\'ve got mail!';
session_write_close();
header('Location: http://www.site.com/forgot.php');
} else {
$_SESSION['report'] = 'This E-mail Addresses doesn\'t exist.';
session_write_close();
header('Location: http://www.site.com/forgot.php');
}
}else {
$_SESSION['report'] = 'This E-mail Addresses is not valid.';
session_write_close();
header('Location: http://www.site.com/forgot.php');
}
?>

[bradgrafelman]

Is the session ID being transferred? Try appending it to the redirect URL, i.e.

header('Location: http://www.noiselive.com/forgot.php?PHPSESSID=' . SID);

[SpecialFX]

that was it! Thank you.