Re[2]: [PHP] redirecting

Hello Ian, Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 5:42:34 PM, you wrote: IF> Stick something like this in your html <head></head>: IF> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="5; URL=blah.php"> IF> Location won't work because you've already sent output to the browser. IF> Ian IF> On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 07:19, ajay wrote: >> hi! >> >> after having trawled through many google articles, i've been told that the best >> way to redirect a person is using header("Location:url"); >> >> the problem is, i have form that is posted to another php script. This script then >> processes the form and then writes up a html page and includes in that page any >> warnings etc. >> i want the user to have say 5s to read that page and then be redirected to >> another page. >> so i have something like >> //process form >> //write page >> sleep(10); >> header("Location:blah.php"); >> >> the problem is i get an error when the script gets to the header part, the error >> being >> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output >> started at c:\program files\apache >> group\apache\htdocs\usydbasketball\subscribe_mailing_list.php:6) in c:\program >> files\apache >> group\apache\htdocs\usydbasketball\subscribe_mailing_list.php on >> line 67 >> >> so how do i workaround that? >> >> thanks >> >> regards >> >> -- >> ajay --> the best way to solve your problem is by using output buffering. try to start with ob_start(); and at the end of your script call with ob_end_flush() ; hope it will work :) -- Best regards, adwinwijaya mailto:adwinwijaya@yahoo.com.au