Re: Sending a header redirect mid-page

>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Tappin [mailto:dan@wavefront.ca] >> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:36 PM >> >> My only concern is that I am adding another mysql_connect and > > Why do it twice? The connection will still be there later in the script. Yes... I realized that after I hit send :^) >> I don't want to slow things down any (things are blazing fast now but I >> want to keep it that way). > > It's not worth worrying about microseconds That's what I figured. >> It would be really nice if there was a one line function that >> could do this. I also use Lasso and they have a simple >> [URL_Redirect:'http://domain.com'] tag which does >> the job. > > You could write a function that does that like: > function connect_to_db($host,$dbName,$user,$pass,$redirectTo) { > $db = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass); > if (!db) { > log(mysql_error()); > header("Location: $redirectTo"); > exit; > } > if (!mysql_select_db($dbname,$db)) { > log(mysql_error()); > header("Location: $redirectTo"); > exit; > } > return $db; > } That is a really good idea. Now do I need to do something like this: <? include('phpmysqlstuff.inc'); ?> <html> Blaa blaa blaa </html> <? ob_end_clean(); ?> >> >> I am also unfamiliar with the output buffer functions even >> after reading up on them in the manual. If I call ob_start() >> at the start of >> my page do I need to call a closing ob function after my $dbfail code if >> the connection is successful and my redirect ob_end_clean(); call is >> not made? > > No, ob_end* ends the buffering. I still do not get the ob stuff. Is there any issue with having a ob_start(); in my initial include and no ob_end* after this. I guess I still really don't understand what is actual happening when I call ob_start(). All I know if that I can then call the header function where ever I want later. I just want to know if I am creating any type security, or memory issue by calling ob_start and then not calling ob_end*. I am going to take a guess that when the server hits the end of the file the end is called anyway. Thanks, Dan