Reload Page in a PHP Function

[CloudSex13]

is there a reason why the

 

header("location: index.php");

 

doesn't work in php functions?

 

ex.

 

function omg() {
echo "money money.";
header("location: index.php");
}

 

thank you for any help if so!

:]

[mrMarcus]

a couple posts above you is a topic with lot's o' information on headers...for headers to work, there cannot be anything parsed to the browser before they are executed..

 

for example,

 

function omg() {
echo "money money.";
header("location: index.php");
}

echo'ing money money is causing the header to fail.

 

look into output buffering when getting involved with headers and such .. will save you many headaches.

 

as well, always have

error_reporting(E_ALL);

at the top of all your scripts when in development mode.  gives you a breakdown of any/all errors that occurred.

[gevans]

You can't put any content out to a browser before sending a header;

 

function omg() {
echo "money money.";
header("location: index.php");
}

 

will never work due to the line echo "money money.";

 

function omg() {
//echo "money money.";
header("location: index.php");
}

 

that will work

[CloudSex13]

ahhhh.

 

is there another way to do this with data output in a function without having to click another link?

[mrMarcus]

why don't you explain what it is exactly that you are trying to do...do you need to redirect or do you just need to return a value?

[keyurshah]

is there another way to do this with data output in a function without having to click another link?

 

The 'headers' redirection wuz also troubling me. What I did wuz simply wrote a small function:

function redirect($loc){
echo "<script>window.location.href='".$loc."'</script>";
}

 

and then

 

function GoHere(){
/*
	Do something here...
*/
redirect('index.php');
}

 

and it worked!

 

Hope this helps.