php redirection..

hi... i have what should be a pretty simple question that i'm obviously missing something for... i want to be able to display some text/content and to then redirect the user to another page. basically: cat.php -echo " test content<br>" -echo " more test content<br>" //redirect user echo" <script> location.href='foo.php'; </script> "; --------------- foo.php -echo "i'm here" should be pretty simple... however, in my test, without the script/location.href i display the content ok. when i add the script/location.href, i get redirected, but the content is never displayed... any thoughts/samples/pointers on what might be going on, and how this should really be accomplished.. to be honest, i'm embarrassed to even be raising this here!! thanks.