Timeout redirect

[NZ_Kiwis]

I need a script (PHP, Javascript, AJAX i'm unsure) that after a selected time has elapsed you are redirected to another page.

This might be 4 minutes for example?

Also I want it to do the same thing if you are no longer logged in via a cookie? I guess this new page after 4 minutes could check for a cookie and if not redirect you but I need to know how to redirect after a time frame has elapsed first?

Any ideas?

[bradgrafelman]

header('Refresh: 240;url=http://yoursite.com/path/to/page');

but note that the 'Refresh' header isn't part of the HTTP standard (unless that's changed recently).

Otherwise, you could use Javascript's setTimeout() function.

[NogDog]

Or use both methods, along with a meta tag refresh as well, to cover multiple bases in the hopes that at least one method will work. 🙂