Re: redirection...

on 7/13/00 2:29 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf at rasmus@php.net wrote: > Put your PHP block before any of the HTML. > > -Rasmus > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Subhrajyoti Moitra wrote: > >> hi list, >> have a look at the code below... >> >> <? >> session_start(); >> ?> >> >> <html> >> <head> >> <title>Untitled Document</title> >> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; >> charset=iso-8859-1"> >> </head> >> <? >> global $linkid; >> switch($linkid){ >> case 1: header("location: http://www.yahoo.com"); >> break; >> case 2: header("location: >> http://www.google.com"); >> break; >> } >> ?> >> >> it gives me the error that: >> >> Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output >> started at /home/subhra/public_html/php/al/test.php:2) in >> /home/subhra/public_html/php/al/test.php on line 7 >> >> the error is pretty obvious ... since the header is already sent .. hence >> resending another header generates this warning and the switch doesnot get >> processed... how do i go about redirecting... under such circumstances... >> am i missing something.. please help .. i am stuck .... >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- >> SECURITY IS A MYTH........!!!!!!!! >> "Linux for people with avg. IQ above 98" >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- >> Subhrajyoti Moitra ------- C/212 Hall-I IIT-Kanpur India 208016 >> email: subhra@iitk.ac.in >> >> >> >> > Look for a very annoying extra line or space at the beginning or end of the file, or one of the include files. I don't know how many times I've had the same error, just becuase of some dumb extra line. Jason Bryner jrbryner@southern.edu