whyare my scripts failing to redirect

[worldcomingtoanend]

i have tried the following and all are not working:

 

<?php
header('Location: buses/index.html');
?>

 

<?php
header("Location: buses/index.html");
?>

<?php
header('Location: /root/buses.html');
?>

[code]<?php
header('Location: ../buses/index.html');
?>

 

but to my surprise none is working. it only works when i enter a full http url but i need to use the actual path..please help me

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[trq]

The location header expects a complete url. Most of the time it will work without it, however it is never a good idea to rely on it.

 

Nothing to do with php, its part of the http spec.

[worldcomingtoanend]

thank you thorpe but I used  exactly this <?php header('Location: buses/index.html'); ?> on anothe rpage and it worked like a charm...but now on another page it totally fails

[trq]

It is most likely failing because you have content prior to calling header.

 

Place this at the top of your script....

 

ini_set('display_errors', 1);error_reporting(E_ALL);

 

Do you get any errors?

[worldcomingtoanend]

i did put your code on top of the script and i also changed the php script to this <?php header("Location: ./buses.html"); ?>and i got the following result

 

"The site you're visiting forwards the request so that it can never be finished"

 

[trq]

Do you have any mod_rewrite rules in place. That looks to me like a re-write rule loop problem.

[worldcomingtoanend]

Do you have any mod_rewrite rules in place. That looks to me like a re-write rule loop problem.

 

thank you thorpe, will look that in the morning am tired and gotta sleep now...

 

thanks again and good night too...

[worldcomingtoanend]

yes thanks a million  it was definitely a re-write rule loop problem