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[lovefaithswing]

Hi,
I thought this would be easy to find, but it seems like it isn't. I have a form in php where someone can input info, it is checked to see that something is there and then it is put into a mySQL database. How to I get it to redirect the user to a new page after I put the into into the database? Here is some code:

<?php

if (isset($_POST["seen"]))
{
	$error = 0;

if ($_POST["timeplay"] == "")
{
	echo "Please fill in date / time";
	$error += 1;	
}
else
{
	$timeplay = strtotime($_POST["timeplay"]);
	$timeplay = date ("m/d/y h:i A", $timeplay);
}

if ($error != 0)
{	
	?>
	<FORM METHOD ="POST" ACTION ="time_play.php">
	A date and time:
	<INPUT NAME="timeplay" TYPE="TEXT" value="<? echo $_POST['timeplay'] ?>">
	<INPUT NAME="seen" TYPE="HIDDEN">
	<INPUT NAME="submit" TYPE="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
	</form>
	<?
}
else
{
	include "conn.inc.php";
	session_start();

	$query = "INSERT INTO play (time) VALUES ('$timeplay')";
	$result = mysql_query($query)
				or die (mysql_error());

	// Redirect needed here

}
}
else
{
	?>
	<FORM METHOD ="POST" ACTION ="time_play.php">
	A date and time:
	<INPUT NAME="timeplay" TYPE="TEXT">
	<INPUT NAME="seen" TYPE="HIDDEN">
	<INPUT NAME="submit" TYPE="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
	</form>
	<?
}
?>

I've found info on the use of a header, but it all says that the header must go at the top of the file. Is there a way to do it not at the top of the file?
thanks!
Hailey

[NogDog]

Anything that says header() must go at the top of the file is wrong. What is correct, however, is that header() must be called before any output is sent to the browser. That output can be echo/print commands from your script, but can also be any text (including spaces or newlines) that is not within <?php . . . ?> tags.