note 74646 added to function.header

Refreshing/redirecting a/to a Page Using the "header" command in PHP. I found the following code to help me refresh a page or really redirecting to a page after a certain number of secionds. (I'm using php 5.x) <?php print(" <p align=\"center\"> User Not Found</p><br><br>"); // err msg header('Refresh: 3; url=index.html'); // waits 3 seconds & sends to homepage ?> Explaination: 1. I used php to set up a simple html message as to what is happening 2. with header, there is a command, "Refresh" and here is how it works: a. 'Refresh: 3; -- start all header commands with a single quote b. Refresh requires a parameter that is in seconds which tells the browser to refresh after this time period has passed. c. The ; is necessary to separate it from the rest of the Refresh parameters d. Refresh must be uppercased - I think 3. After the ; put the url= command and put in your desired web page 4. Location doesn't work! with in this context. 5. Order matters. Refresh first, then it's second parameter, url= --Allen ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 12.219.145.204 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74646 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74646 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74646 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php