[RESOLVED] New Newbie Here!

allthatcash

Hello All!

If there is a level before a Newbie, that's me! 🙂 Im new to the site, so I appreciate your help and patience in advance.

Here is one of many problems Im having.....Im trying to create a redirect page in php...just trying to get the code right. I even copied some code off tutorials and it still didnt work. Here is the code....can someone tell me why this isnt working?

<?php
$x=0;
if ($x==5000){
$x++;
} else
header ( "Location:
http://www.example.com");
exit;
?>

As you can see, Im trying to create a pause in the redirection...but nothing happens.

MOD EDIT: Removed the actual link... Didn't think that site needed to be linked for all to see; speaking in general "example.com" terms will do fine anyway.

jignesh1

header("Refresh: "how many second u want the pause in the redirection", Location: "the page u want to redirect");
exit

use just a number and it should work

allthatcash

for some reason i cant get it to work. I know i can use the meta refresh...was just practicing the code. i appreciate the response.

bradgrafelman

Can you show us the code you were using? The error might be in the fact that you should separate the time and the URL with a semicolon, not comma, and you also need "URL=":

header('Refresh: 15; URL=http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/');

fean0r

If you echo any thing before calling the header it will fail.

I use a messy but useful function that can be called when needed.

Make a functions.php & add this:

function c4redirect($redirect)
{
echo "
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=\"JavaScript\">
<!-- Begin
redirectionTime = \"3000\";
redirectionURL = \"".$redirect."\";
function redirectionTimer() { self.setTimeout(\"self.location.href = redirectionURL;\",redirectionTime); }
//  End -->
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad=\"redirectionTimer()\">
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT='4; URL=$redirect'>
";
}

You can add any as many functions to this page as you like over time.

To sue the function you must firstly call/load the functions page.

include("functions.php");

Then all you need to do every time you want to use the redirect is:

c4redirect("index.php")

allthatcash

Thank you all for the responses! This is some great info!

greenie2600

allthatcash -

Using a for loop to create pauses is not a very good idea. For one thing, the actual duration of the pause will vary depending on what server the code is running on, and what else the machine happens to be doing at that time. For another thing, it hogs up system resources unnecessarily.

jignesh1's solution should work great for this problem. If you find yourself needing to create pauses in the future though, have a look at the sleep() function.

allthatcash

That's a great function. Now is there a function that can take me to another url? So for example... I use the sleep() for below:

<?php
echo "You will be redirected in 5 seconds"
sleep(5) ;
goto www.url.com

?>

bradgrafelman

The best way to do this would be to tell the browser to load a new page after 5 seconds via a "Refresh" HTTP header.

<?php
header('Refresh: 5; URL=http://google.com');
echo 'You will be redirected in 5 seconds.';
?>

allthatcash

That's cool....I liked the sleep thing though 🙂 Thanks!