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redirect after form submission

Hi,

I'm having a problem using the header function...it gives me an error saying headers already sent. The issue I think lies in the fact that I have a page that displays a query from a previous form and then another form that lets the user addes infinite numbers of records. After submit I'd like to take the user to a new page that list what was just inserted.

Diablo84

header redirects must go before ANY output which includes:

php echo/print
new lines
html tags

Ideally it should go right at the top of the page (just after the form processing if applicable)

Diablo84

You can run database queries before redirecting as long as you don't output any results, any such output (as listed above) will result in the header already sent error because the header must be sent before the output content is generated.

Diablo84

you can use output buffering to work around it but its really better to just fix the script, example:

ob_start(); //top of page

//various code and header redirect

ob_end_flush();

lienny

ASKER

been doing some research...it won't work if I call includes before that.

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Diablo84

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Diablo84

If its going to cause a problem modifying your script to work because of the way it is set up you might wish to consider an alternative redirect method:

javascript:

<script language="JavaScript">
window.location="http://www.site.com/page.html";
</script>

or Meta Refresh (between the head tags)

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.site.com/page.html">

lienny

ASKER

thanks for coming to my rescue again!...but i got it to work...just need to take a break from looking at the code before I knew what I was doing wrong. =D

Diablo84

:)

In my book coffee is the short term solution but a good nights sleep and fresh eyes renders the best results.... if only there was more time in the day.