[SOLVED] Header Not Working From Form

[tetuanrp]

Okay, so I stripped down everything I could. This problem only arises in i.e.

 

I have a form, with an action set to login.php. In that login.php, I was checking the DB for the user, and using header to redirect. I was noticing in i.e. sometimes it'd follow the header, sometimes not. So now I stripped out my login.php to be just a header:

 

header("Location: mgm/base.php");

 

If I keep submitting the form, sometimes it will follow the header, sometimes not. Why would that be? Only a one line script which is driving me nuts.

 

Thanks!

 

[corbin]

Try making it a full path?  I don't remember very well, but I think it needs to be a full path.

 

Also, even with just that as the content, it only follows it sometimes?

[kalivos]

It can be a relative path... BUT this is IE we are talking about....

[MadTechie]

some code would help!!

 

have you got a sample we can try?

[tetuanrp]

Tried a full url, and no luck. It's really strange, I'll click the submit button, it'll follow the header to the correct page. I'll then hit back, and hit submit again, and it'll just go to a blank page (the url bar won't change either). I put an echo in just to make sure it's hitting the php script everytime, and that works correctly every time I submit, it's just the header function acting goofy. Only on ie. Seems like a very basic issue.

 

Form page:

http://clients.palisadesinteractive.com/mgm/

u: mgm

p: m1g2m3

 

 

Login.php script:

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['authenticated'] = 'mgm';
header("Location: http://clients.palisadesinteractive.com/mgm/base.php");
?>

[john010117]

I've never had that problem happen with Firefox. What version of IE are you using?

[MadTechie]

works in FF 2 & IE7 for me!

 

edit: by works i mean i got the exact same results

[tetuanrp]

Windows/ie 6.0

 

 

[MadTechie]

you sure its not a cacheing issule!

[tetuanrp]

Yep, just cleared cache, rebooted even, and tried.

 

Can someone on ie6 or lower try going and hitting submit (after the correct info is entered). Then hit back, and simply hit submit again? When I do it, it comes to a blank screen.

 

IF I do get to that blank screen, and hit refresh, the correct pages that it should have originally redirected to shows. Really strange.

[tetuanrp]

ALright, I've come to a conclusion that the header function does not work correctly in ie when it's the action of a form. Any one have any other methods for page redirection?

[tetuanrp]

Actually, removed the Session checker on the page I'm redirecting too, and that did it for some reason. Guess I'll have to figure out another way to verify sessions.

[MadTechie]

try Javascript

 

as for the session_start()

 

try

@session_start();