[RESOLVED] url redirect

[jwmessiah]

hey guys,

i'm looking to redirect to another page after i've completed a database operation, i'm trying to do it using

header ('Location: myurl.php');
exit();

and i'm getting the "Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by..." error, i understand from reading around the web that you're not supposed to have any output before this line in the code, so i was wondering how this can work? i mean, i've taken data and updated the database, not outputted anything to the browser and this error is still being given. i'm just a bit lost, i'm used to the response.redirect of asp, which works a treat and i'm not sure if i'm just missing something because redirects seem to be far too complicated in php!

please tell me i'm just being an idiot and i've missed something because i'm on the verge of heading straight back to asp! ha ha

thanks in advance

[DexterMorgan]

Can you post the full code please?

[bradgrafelman]

jwmessiah wrote:

i've taken data and updated the database, not outputted anything to the browser and this error is still being given.

Anything outside of <?php .. ?> tags is considered output, including a whitespace. For example, this code:

<?php require_once 'header.php'; ?>
<?php

header('Location: http://mysite/foo.php');

has output before the header() line (a line break, to be exact).

Note that the error message PHP outputs will give you the exact file and line number where the output was started.

[jwmessiah]

ta guys, i've got no idea how i managed to fix it but it works now. so cheers! still seems a little excessive compared to how asp does it but hey it works so i'm happy!

thanks