Page Redirecting?

[immanuelx2]

Hey guys, I have a login.php page that checks the database vs the post data of the login form, and logs the user in. If successful, I want the page to redirect to the previous page ($redirect I have set to $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] from the previous page..) anyway... How can i have my page redirect after 5 seconds? The following code  does not work:

 

//header...
setcookie("id", $userinfo['id'] , time()+60*60*24*31*3 , "/");
$delay = 5;
sleep($delay);
echo "Redirecting in <b>".$delay."</b> seconds";
header("Location: " . $_POST['redirect']);

 

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at header.php:7) in login.php on line 17

Redirecting in 5 seconds

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at header.php:7) in login.php on line 21

 

Is there a way I can achieve this redirect after the </head> tag is closed?

[GingerRobot]

If you want a time delayed redirect, you'll need to echo out some javascript. PHP cant modify the headers(such as redirecting the page) once you've output something to the screen.