Page Redirect

[walleyspunk]

I'm trying to redirect back to a search page when my query doesn't come up any results. If I use
header("Location: search.php"); I get the following error since the page has already sent page info:
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent...

Is there any 'other' way to redirect a page that makes sense for what I'm doing???


[code]
    
$recordcount = mysql_query($_SESSION["SQL_STR_PAGE"]) or die("Couldn't query " . mysql_error());

$total = mysql_result($recordcount, 0, 0);
    
global $msg_noresults;

    if( $total == 0 ){
        $msg_noresults = "Your search returned no results. Please try again.";
        header("Location: search.php");
        exit();
    }

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Additional info: I run the query. If my query returns a hit count of 0, I want to go back to my search page and let the user try another search. The test occurs half way down my page, so header info is already sent.

[walleyspunk]

OK, maybe I've answered my own question. I used the following meta refresh tag in and it works, but now i can't get my $msg_noresults to print out on the search.php page.

If i make $msg_noresults a global, will it remain in scope with the new page comes up? Or, do I have to save it in a session variable?

Not sure if a global variable will maintain its value across page/file changes? can anyone explain?


[code]

if( $total == 0 ){
        $msg_noresults = "Your search returned no results. Please try again.";
        echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.url.com/search.php">';
    }

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