[SOLVED] header help

[Vitamin]

<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', 'root');
$selectdb = mysql_select_db ('chfa', $link);

$username = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['username']);
$password = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['password']);

if(isset($_POST['submitinfo'])) {
if($username=="" || $password=="")
{
die("Please do not leave the username / password field blank!");
}
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM admin WHERE
username='$username' AND pass='$password'");
$number = mysql_num_rows($result);
if($number==0)
{
die("Your login details are not right. Please click the back button
and correct them.");
}
setcookie ("auth", "yea", time()+3600);
header ("location: main.php");
}

?>

 

Everything works up to the point of the header statement.  How can I get a redirect to a different page?

[gffg4574fghsDSGDGKJYM]

Include the full URL in your header-location

 

<?php
...
header ("Location: http://www.site.com/main.php");
exit();
...
?>

 

And be sure not echoing anything before the header, including space or cariage return. And put a exit()/die() after the header because the page will be executed and the results may be returned to the browser. (not sure if the results is actually send to the browser but the page will be executed, including any SQL query, ....)

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

[Vitamin]

Thanks for the quick reply, but still not working

[MasterACE14]

is that part of the script being executed? replace the header with a echo and see if it comes up.

[gffg4574fghsDSGDGKJYM]

Does your script report any error ? What does it do ? nothing ?

 

Did you set your error reporting like that :

 

<?php
ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);
?>

 

Use telnet yoursite.com 80 to see the exact output of your script OR use some website like http://web-sniffer.net/ Can show you the http header with http content your script output.

[Vitamin]

I get these errors when I do that

Notice: Undefined index: username in C:\server\www\myserver.dev\public_html\test\do_login.php on line 7

 

Notice: Undefined index: password in C:\server\www\myserver.dev\public_html\test\do_login.php on line 8

 

which is the setting or username and password.

 

but if I echo where the header line is insted of the header the echo works.

[Vitamin]

hmmm... if i do this

 

header('Location: http://www.google.com/');

 

it goes to google

 

not sure what id going on

[Vitamin]

Sigh... got it guys...

 

Sorry my main.php page had a line in it to point back to that page. Thats why it appered to not be leaving that page.