PHP form redirects before checking input

[Myler]

The form I'm using for this example is recycled one I've been using for a while, since I don't have knowledge or time to learn PHP. It works, but not exactly like I would like it. For instance, when someone enters name and email in the form and submits, its supposed to redirect the user to freepage.html. However, it "blinks" the actual "freepage.php" with the info that has been input. Usually that lasts 1-2 seconds, and then the redirect begins.

 

The other problem I have is if a user doesnt enter the info, "All fields are mandatory" warning displays on that freepage.php, only this time that page doesny "blink" on the screen for a second, it stays there with the warning displayed and the only way to fix it is to click the "back" button in the browser.

 

Can somebody point me how could I make this form bit better....

 

Here is the freepage.php

 

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">google.load("jqueryui", "1.5.2");</script>
<? 
if($_POST['name']!="" and $_POST['email']!=""){

$headers	= "From: Sender";
$message	= 
  strtoupper($_POST['name'])."
".strtoupper($_POST['email'])."
";
echo str_replace("\n","<br />", $message);
$headers2	= "From: Sender <info@gmail.com>\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed\nMIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\nX-Mailer: PHP\n";
$message2	= "
Hello ".($_POST['name'])."	

";

mail("$_POST[email]", "Thanks for entering", $message2, $headers2);


$myFile = "info-file.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "$_POST[name]*$_POST[email]*".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."*".date("d-m-Y H:i")."
";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

?>
        
echo '<script>document.location="freepage.html"; </script>';
        
<?
} else {
echo "All fields are mandatory";
?>
<script language="javascript">
alert("All fields are mandatory");
</script>
<?
}
?>

 

 

and this is the actual form

 

<form method="post" action="freepage.php" name="popups" id="popups">
<fieldset>
<label for=name accesskey=U ><span class="required">*</span> Name</label>
<br />
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" value="" /> 
<br />
<label for=email accesskey=E ><span class="required">*</span> Email</label>
<br />
<input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" value="" />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" id="submit" name="submit" class="button" />
</fieldset>  
<br />      
</form>

[Barand]

this php line

echo '<script>document.location="freepage.html"; </script>';

 

is outside the <?php...?> tags.

[Myler]

I've tried removing the <? ?> part around that line

 

fwrite($fh, $stringData);
	fclose($fh);

echo '<script>document.location="freepage.html"; </script>';

 

it still forwards to the php page and then it asks "mandatory fields" or if I enter everything correctly, it redirects. But it still shows the php page in the broswer in between hitting the submit button and actually showing the freepage.html