how to forward a page using PHP

[hasanatkazmi]

i have a code like

 

if (...)

{

forward to xxx.php

}

 

now this is conditional so i cant use javascript and i also dont want to use that, how to do this in PHP, by forwading i mean opening a new page

[trq]

header("Location: http://site.com/otherpage.php");

 

 

[hasanatkazmi]

header should be declared before eching any thing, it gave me error

"Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by"

 

I need to forward my page somewhere in the middle, how to??

 

[trq]

Why would you need to echo any data if all your going to do is redirect? It makes no sense. You need to re-arrange your logic.

[schme16]

place this at the top of your pages using header redirects:

 

ob_start();

 

it clears header cache...

[climbjm]

Agreed with thorpe...

 

However if you wanted like a little 'splash' page that says something like, you will be redirected in five seconds... I would recommend using JavaScript.

 

However, if they have JavaScript disabled or a JavaScript non-supported browser... they wont be redirected.

 

this is why you usually provide a link stating "if you have not been re-directed in 5 seconds, please click here".

 

It is usually easier to use a client side script to re-direct with a 5 second splash page opposed to having a server side redirect you.

 

If you want this to be instantaneous... use the method above.

header("Location: http://site.com/otherpage.php");

 

For a JavaScript redirect tutorial, check here: http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascriptredirect.php

[Sesquipedalian]

Not quite sure how logical this may be, but if you want to go to another page maybe you could just just use include?

 

Like..

 

if (..) {
include('page.php');
} 

 

But if it turns out that you have something that is already written out that you don't want there, you could always try to just set the text that is displayed before the redirect, and destroy it as you redirect. Something like:

 

$text = 'Hello World';
echo $text;

if (..) {
unset($text);
include('page.php');
}

 

Those are my thoughts..

 

This would only work if it is inside of a function.