header("Location:http://local/help");

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Can anyone please explain to me when the following is used in php. I have tried to use in in one of my pages but, but it did not do what I want it to do.

if(!$bond)
{
header("Location:http://local/help");
}

If "$bond" does not have a value, then it will go to the page (as shown above) to get the value. I get some strange error when using it. I don't think I understand this one right.
Please help.
Emile

Anon

what error are you getting ? Don't forget that you cannot have any output before the header redirect.

edwardsbc

This should be in General help, not "Database Talk".

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The way I understand it is that the header will redirect me to:"http://127.0.0.1/contents/phptest/test.html" to get the value for $ballas. After getting the value(from form), this page will echo the vriable. (See the error I get below!)

Ex.

<?php
if(!$name)
{
header("location:http://127.0.0.1/contents/phptest/test.html");
}
echo("Hello $name");
?>

</body>

ERROR:
Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\contents\phptest\testing.php4:8) in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\contents\phptest\testing.php4 on line 11

Anon

you cannot output anything, including HTML before the header redirect.

smarlowe

I.e. your page has to look like this:

-----------------(TOP OF PAGE)---------<?php
header("location: yada");
...

NOT like this:

-----------------(TOP OF PAGE)----------

<?php
header("location: yada");
....

Even that one blank line at the top will foil your header() function.