[RESOLVED] REQUIRE not displaying correct URL

Maharg105

Hi Guys,

I have a script that processes a contact form and then uses the require function to redirect the user to a page that tells them their enquiry has been forwarded on.

However, the URL displayed in the toolbar is still that of contactprocess.php and this messes with my navigation systems ability to keep track of what the current page is.

Is there a way to get round this? I'm sure it's relatively simple, but I've looked through the PHP manual and I couldn't see a mention of the issue.

As always, thanks so much for any help you can give me

NogDog

If I understand correctly, you should probably be doing a location [man]header/man instead of require, e.g.:

header('Location: http://yoursite.com/landing_page.php');
exit;

As with any PHP function that sends HTTP headers, it must come before any text is output to the client.

halojoy

include or require one page
is still a part of the calling main page: contactprocess.php
so it is perfectly alright you see this URL in addressbar

include/require are used to get some helping into one page

another option would be to REDIRECT
can be done in 2 ways
1. display a link to next page
2. make an automatical redirect (like meta refresh)
this is done in PHP with

header('location: next_page.php');
exit();

This will start a new php page. All variable values will be lost.
It is a new script.
And a new page in URL addressbar

Maharg105

Thanks guys, now fixed using the header function.