Re: client redirection

What about if I want to write a successfull message to the client and then bounce them back to a "menu" page? Can I then use the meta data in the middle of the page?? "David Robley" <huntsman@hermes.nisu.flinders.edu.au> wrote in message news:0010181801320A.11640@hermes... > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Scott Mebberson wrote: > > I think that you can use some sort of $HTTP_REDIRECT method maybe(?!?!?) to > > redirect the user to a different page. but I understand that this is only > > before the header has been sent to the client page. > > > > What about if you want to redirect the user only if certain conditions > > exist. What happens then. I have though of using meta data to do this, but > > can meta data be put anywhere in the page? Doesn't it have to be put in the > > <head></head> section of the html? > > > > Is there any PHP redirect method ie > > /user_redirect("http://www.whereiwant.com"); > > > > this would be pretty good. Maybe I am asking for too much. > > > > thanks > > > > scott. > > header("Location: http://www.whereiwant.com") > > is what you want, in conjunction with some sort of decision structure at > the beginning of your script, before you output _anything_ to the client, > even white space. There is also some sort of output buffering in later > versions of PHP - ob_start and friends. A search on buffer at your local > mirror au.php.net:81/ will turn them up. > > -- > David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin > RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | > http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ > AusEinet | > http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ > Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >