RE: [PHP] PHP REDIRECT

Ahh, ok, I understand. Thanks Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Raditha Dissanayake [mailto:jabber@raditha.com] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:51 AM > To: Chris; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP REDIRECT > > > Nopes, > > What happens is that the gateways include your page instead of posting > to your page. > > For example if you visit a site that uses worldpay as a payment service > provider you will see their banner on the thank you page after > payment is made. In such cases the header functions will not work > because it's too late to send them. > > hope this is a better explaination. > > best regards > raditha > > > Chris wrote: > > >I'm not quite following you here. I understand that no solution is always > >the correct one. Everything has exceptions... > > > >If the page you want to redirect from has PHP, just dont' use the <meta > >http-equiv=...>, set the header with PHP instead. As far as I > can see that > >should always be possible. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Raditha Dissanayake [mailto:jabber@raditha.com] > >>Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:07 AM > >>To: php-general@lists.php.net > >>Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP REDIRECT > >> > >> > >>Hi Chris and Chris and et al. > >> > >>It's not often that i disagree with the other chris but one occaision > >>where meta refresh turns out to be the only solution is when working > >>with some payment gateways where instead of doing a simple old post to > >>your return page they include it inside their own thank you page so the > >>headers will not work. > >> > >>Lame? well some of the best known gateways are doing it. > >> > >> > >> > >>Chris wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Heh, I was on my way to bed and didn't think about that. (And > my 'answer' > >>>was a bit abrupt as well) > >>> > >>>Ah well, booboo's happen. I've always been an advocater of doing > >>> > >>> > >>things the > >> > >> > >>>*right way*, and in this case, the Refresh header would seem to > >>> > >>> > >>be the right > >> > >> > >>>way. > >>> > >>>JUST SAY NO to meta http-equiv tags! :) > >>> > >>>Chris (the other one) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@php.net] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>-- > >>Raditha Dissanayake. > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | > >>http://www.raditha.com/megaupload > >>Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader > >>Graphical User Inteface. Just 150 KB | with progress bar. > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Raditha Dissanayake. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | > http://www.raditha.com/megaupload > Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader > Graphical User Inteface. Just 150 KB | with progress bar. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php