How to php redirect when using ajax

[rv20]

If you are running to a php script through ajax well i have just discovered that you can't redirect from within the script, if you do say a

 

header("location: index.php"); 

 

then what happens is that the index.php source is (in my case) injected into the page i am using ajax from, which makes sense as that is how ajax works!

 

So i guess there is no way to switch from ajax back to http while in the middle of a php script that ajax is communicating with.

 

I know i can parse the ajax response from within the JS and use something like,

 

window.location = parsed response;

 

but this seems really messy and almost novice like and plus it exposes some of your code.

 

Any ideas?

[Ken2k7]

PHP -

echo 'redirect_url';

 

JavaScript -

window.location.href = ajax.responseText;

[rv20]

PHP -

echo 'redirect_url';

 

JavaScript -

window.location.href = ajax.responseText;

 

I know what your doing but would you regard this as a good way of doing things it just seems that it is,

 

1) messy

2) novice

3) More overhead

4) possible secuirty holes

 

??

 

maybe not.

[Ken2k7]

1. Not messy. Two simple lines.

2. Not novice. Simple yes. The simpler the better. Why make it complicated when you don't have to.

3. What?

4. You're using JavaScript. But you should be fine.