Refirect...

[shakeit]

Hello everyone, i am trying to redirect to another page....

 

I have a line that says...  header("Refresh: 5; url=install.php");

 

Is it another way to redirect to another file with a pause, i.e. that will do the same as the header line above?

 

Thank you all in advance once again and hope someone out there can helo me :.))

[Kingy]

indeed there is try meta refresh

 

echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='3;url=index.php' />";

 

change the 3 to the number of seconds you want

and obviously change index.php to wherever you want to go

[shakeit]

yeah but i am using this header after I push a button .. that is in an if() - loop ....

[mainewoods]

the way you do a redirect in php is like this:

header("location: $theurl");

[shakeit]

Okey, but is it wrong or not good to use the solution: echo "meta......" Like kingy above posted?

[mainewoods]

it's better to do the header(). 

 

Meta refresh tags have some drawbacks:

 

If the redirect happens quickly (less than 2-3 seconds), readers with older browsers can't hit the "Back" button. This is a usability problem.

If the redirect happens quickly and goes to a non-existant page, your readers won't be able to hit the "Back" button. This is a usability problem that will cause people to completely leave your site.

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