How to send a redirect header and not wait for the script to finish?

[Trekx]

Is it possible to force a header( "Location: $url" ) command to take effect immediately, without waiting for the script to finish?

 

I'm doing some database work after sending the redirect, and the browser is waiting for the database. Bad times.

 

 

[mikefrederick]

yeah use an if statement. like at the top of the header of the page do if(code) { header("Location:xdfsfsf.php"); }

[Trekx]

It's inside in an if statement now.

 

But even though the database work follows the header command, the browser waits for the database and the script to finish.

[mikefrederick]

then the if statement is returning true.

[Trekx]

I don't think I'm explaining it well. I might be wrong (I'm not that experienced with PHP) but the redirect seems to be much faster with the database code disabled.

 

What I'd like to happen is:

 

1) PHP sends the redirect

2) The browser goes to the new location

3) The script does the slow database work, but the visitor doesn't care

 

What seems to be happening is:

 

1) PHP sends the redirect

2) The script does the slow database work

3) The browser waits

4) The browser eventually goes to the new location, and the visitor is frustrated by the delay

 

(But maybe the header does redirect immediately. This timing problem is intermittent and hard to replicate.)