header()

Anon

When I do something like:

header("Location: $home" . "/index.php");

the browser is re-directed but in the url address line it still has the address of the page containing the header() command.

How do I get it to show the true url?

yelvington

If you are getting the symptoms you described, you must have a frame problem.

Anon

There are no frames in my pages.

I just use the header() function as described, and the URL in the address bar doesn't change.

yelvington

Can you post a URL that displays this behavior?

Anon

I have similar problem, the only thing i needed from php is redirection but it still gives me url that i instered in head()

check my url: www.skydomain.com

thanks

kparker

www.skydomain.com

Was I supposed to get redirected to:

http://www.how-2-win.com/quasar/index.shtml

That's where I ended up, and that's what the location bar shows. (On both NS 4.6 and IE 5.0, FWIW.)

Perhaps it's your browser's fault?

Anon

yes this is where you supposed to be redirected. The only problem i just want to get rid of this url in url bar and keep
www.skydomain.com

if that's possible

kparker

Well, that's the opposite of what I thought you were saying. Anyway, the answer is no, not directly: you have redirected them to another URL, and that new URL shows up the the location bar. What's wrong with this scenario? It sure seems like The Way It Is Supposed To Be.

Anon

Sadly I don't have an example of my problem online, it's on an intranet.

But my problem is definately the opposite of this problem, my URL doesn't change, but I want it to.

By scenario is slightly different, and this may be the cause of the problem, I'll try to explain better.

I have a page with an HTML form on, the user fills in the details and hit's submit. This calls a PHP program which validates the data and posts it to a database. Depending on the data the user has provided I have to redirect them to different pages, for this I use the header() function.

After the redirection has taken place, the URL still contains the address of the page with the HTML form on.

I will try and get an example online, and see if it works differently then, I have tested it with IE5 and NN4.7 and I get the same results.

Anon

I have just tried a simple example on-line, and eveything works ok, so I think it must be a problem with my Intranet.