Can I open a new page when the form processing completes?

[SteveMann]

I hope that this is a simple "DOH!" solution.

 

I have a page with a form on it, and the form action is to call my database insertion in a separate php file. This particular php file does not interact with the user it just adds the data to a mysql database.

 

Is there a method where I can send the user's browser to another page when the database update is complete - but without a button? I just want to start the PHP execution then go to a "thank-you" page.

 

Thanks

[roopurt18]

header( 'Location: newpage.php' );
exit();

[SteveMann]

Thanks, but I get the following error:

 

"Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by..."

 

I didn't think that I could put a header() after the php had already started.

 

Good idea, though..

 

[$Three3]

You can use the ob_start() function and the ob_flush() function:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ob-start.php

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-flush.php

 

Then you will be able to send the code:

header('Location: thank_you.php')
exit();

 

 

 

[roopurt18]

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,37442.0.html

[trq]

Thanks, but I get the following error:

 

"Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by..."

 

I didn't think that I could put a header() after the php had already started.

 

Good idea, though..

 

 

Your processing script shouldn't generate any output, this way you can call header when its done.

[SteveMann]

Thanks, but I get the following error:

 

"Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by..."

 

I didn't think that I could put a header() after the php had already started.

 

Good idea, though..

 

 

Your processing script shouldn't generate any output, this way you can call header when its done.

 

 

AHA! - I have some debugging "echo" statements in the script.

 

I also found this way to do the same thing:

print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=finish.php\">";

 

 

Thanks to everyone for the help!!!!

Steve

 

[pushpendra.php]

why don't you use header("location:url) and don't output anything before that not even a white space as it will give you 'headers already sent error', to bypass this error you can use php's output buffering functions.

[roopurt18]

Good work on answering a solved topic by repeating what's already been stated. 

[SteveMann]

Good work on answering a solved topic by repeating what's already been stated. 

 

If you are referring to Pushpendra's response, he *did* add to the solution.

 

Steve Mann