posting to self then redirecting?

[Rifts]

Is there anyway to do this:

 

my form is posting to self, then checking login creds. if they are incorrect it spits out "invaild bla bla" but if they are correct send them to a different page?

 

here is the short version of what I have.

 

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

//check inputs vs db

if ($check) {
header("Location: http://". $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."/include/process_renew.php");
} else { 
echo "<font color='red'>Username or Password did not match.</font> <br /><br />";
   }
}


}

 

I tested it using echo first and it worked fine then replaced the echo with header and now when I submit it just refreshes the page.

 

is this not possible?

[Pikachu2000]

If the echo is what you expect it to be but the header redirect fails, the headers may have already been sent.

 

if ($check) {
if( !headers_sent() ) {
	header("Location: http://". $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."/include/process_renew.php");
} else {
	echo 'Headers already sent. Can\'t redirect.';
}
} else {
echo "<font color='red'>Username or Password did not match.</font> <br /><br />";
}

[AbraCadaver]

You should use exit; after a redirect.  Also, there is an unmatched curly brace (count them).

[_DarkLink_]

You may also use a meta-refresh.

 

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

//check inputs vs db

if ($check) {
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=". $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."/include/process_renew.php\">";
} else { 
echo "<font color='red'>Username or Password did not match.</font> <br /><br />";
   }
}

 

[BlueSkyIS]

i would not rely on meta refresh, as it relies on the visiting application (which is sometimes but not always a web browser) to redirect the user to a new url.

 

If SEO is a consideration, meta refresh can MESS YOU UP.