page redirect

[therock]

hi all,
i'm new to this forum awa to php.

can someone help me
i want to redirect to some other php page on a button click.

i used this code, but it doesn't work

$URL="http://www.example.com";

header ("Location: $URL");

is there anythin like redirect("");

[AndyB]

So why not use html .... <a href="http://www.example.com">click here</a>

[therock]

hi andy,
i'm gettin datas from users usin a form(getdata.php) and insertin it into a table(insertdata.php).

wen datas r inserted the page (insertdata.php) remains.

wat i need is to redirect it to (getdata.php) again after insertion is over.

[AndyB]

As long as you have no output to the browser in insertdata,php, you can use the header() function:

[code]<?php
// insertdata.php

// retrieve data from form
// conn to database, select database
// create and execute db query

header("Location: getdata.php");
?>[/code]