Re: session cookies

Hi there! Try using ob_start() and then set sessions, and then user HEADER... http://se.php.net/manual/sv/function.ob-start.php /G @varupiraten.se ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Hallstrom" <php@philip.pjkh.com> To: "Jasper Bryant-Greene" <jasper@bryant-greene.name> Cc: "php list" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] session cookies

Philip Hallstrom wrote:

Then use an HTML meta refresh (or javascript, just not Header("Location...) to redirect them to another page.

Why not header("Location...")? Just out of interest -- it's always worked for me, and it's a much better way to redirect users for many reasons[1] (like not breaking the back button). [1] http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/reback

For some reason (and maybe it's no longer true) I've had problems setting a cookie and then doing a header("Location..."). Seems some browsers wouldn't pick up the cookie. Now... when this happened (could have been as early as 98) I don't recall, but it's always stuck with me and I usually end up spitting back a little javascript to send the user wherever it is I want them to go... -philip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php