php header redirect with refresh

[cjkeane]

hi everyone.

 

i have been working on a site on a local windows server then moved everything to a unix server. now my refresh doesn't redirect anymore. any ideas why?

 

<?php

if(isset($_POST['GO'])){ 
	$page ="go.php?IDNumber=" . $IDNumber;
	header("Refresh: 1; url=$page"); 
	echo " "; 
} 
?>

<form action="" method="post" name="redirect" id="redirect">
     <input type="submit" name="GO" id="GO" value="GO" />
</form>

[requinix]

The Refresh HTTP header does not support timed redirects. For whatever reason it is now behaving as it should.

header("Refresh: $page");

[dcro2]

If you want the browser to go somewhere else immediately, the Location: header would be better for this.

header("Location: $page");

[cjkeane]

thanks everyone. i resolved the issue by putting:

ob_start();

at the top of the page.

[kenrbnsn]

Using ob_start only hides the problem, it doesn't solve it.  It sounds like you were getting a header error which you didn't tell us about which is caused by sending output to the browser before using the header function.

 

Ken

[requinix]

[edit] Er, clicked Quote without realizing it didn't say Modify... Nevermind.