[SOLVED] redirect after form submit

[mediabob]

Hi, I need help with redirecting after submitting a form. When the form submits, I would like to redirect to the master page so basically like this:

 

Page of stuff > Form to add more stuff > (after submit)Page of Stuff

 

I was trying to save the referring URL to a variable and use that to redirect back to the master page on form submit but the problem is that the form puts the info in a database so it posts to itself which changes the referring URL to the URL of the form itself.

 

Can someone help solve this problem?

[~n[EO]n~]

you can use header to redirect

http://php.net/header

 

<?php
header("Location: index.php"); /* Redirect browser */
/* Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect. */
exit;
?> 

[mediabob]

I am using the header, but the problem is that my redirect URL is not static, so I need to get the refering URL to send them back, so I was saving the referring URL as a variable and using that variable in the header.

 

But when the form posts it also changes the reffering URL to the URL of the form itself

[~n[EO]n~]

You can pass the value through hidden field and redirect it later.... for e.g.

index.php

<?php
$currpage = "index.php";
?>
<form name="a1" method="post" action="nextpage.php">
<table width="627" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="627" height="27" valign="top">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
<input type="hidden" name="pagename" value="<?php echo $currpage;?>"  />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

 

and in nextpage.php you can just get the value and redirect

<?php
if (isset($_POST['pagename']))
{
$page = $_POST['pagename'];
/* Redirect browser */
header("Location: {$page}"); 
/* Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect. */
exit;
}
else 
{
echo "Page name not set...";
}

?>

[mediabob]

Works perfect thanks