$header = "Location:........" being ignored!

Hi Group, I basically have some simple code such as: ================================================== if ( $_POST['passwd'] != $db['password'] { header("Location: loginfailed.html"); } //else $header = "Location: success.html"; ================================================== however, when I run this code, using a <FORM> to submit password, username, etc...... if the passwords do not match, the page is forwarded to success.html ! Is there anything obvious that I am doing wrong? Thanks, Shams p.s. I don't want to use else{} because I have lots of if() checks!