firefox and header() logic

[scambro]

Hello,

I have the following, which works just fine in IE:

header('location:'.$redirect);

Where $redirect is = the page they came from. What do I have to do differently to accomodate Firefox? I have this on another page and it seems to work just fine:

header('location:http://www.cnn.com');

Thanks!

[scambro]

Nevermind, the problem seems to be in how it's assigning the $redirect value earlier up!

[Piranha]

And that is why it is always a good idea to echo out the string to check for errors there before assuming that it is something else. Basic debugging really.

[bradgrafelman]

Also, note that RFC 2615 section 14.30 (link) requires you to have an absolute URI for a Location redirect header.

Example: "script.php" is not an absolute URI. "http://mysite.com/path/to/script.php" IS an absolute URI.