[SOLVED] PHP Sleep() help

[shakeit]

Hello Everyone.

 

I've been sitting for quite a while now, reading the sleep() manual and tried to turn the code upside down and inside out but nothing helps... I want the current page to wait a few seconds before it is directed to another ( after a successfull registration ). So i thought the best way to do that is to use sleep().

 

However, this does work to a certain point ... the current page waits for 5 seconds, but the text I want to show the user in the meantime doesn't show? Why? Without the sleep() and the header() it shows without any problem. Can anyone please help?

 

if( $add_user == 1 )

{

          // This method returns true if the registration is successfull

$check = $min->register($name, $adress, $age, $email, $phone, $country,$city, $newsletter, $uname, $password, $password2 );

 

          if( $check )

          {

                  $name = ""; $adress = ""; $age = ""; $email = ""; $phone = ""; $country = ""; $city = ""; $newsletter = ""; $uname = ""; $password = ""; $password2 = "";

 

                  echo "Successfull registration";      // <-------- THIS STRING DOESN'T SHOW

      sleep(5);

      header("Location: $loginHeader");

          }

}

 

 

 

[Daniel0]

sleep() will sleep in the execution of the script thus resulting in the script "hanging" (at least it will look like that to the user). You should simply use a Refresh header instead of a Location header if you wish to delay the redirection.

 

Refresh: 5; url=http://example.com

[shakeit]

Thanx a lot - it worked :-)