note 74646 deleted from function.header by danbrown

Note Submitter: asaucier777 at mac dot com ---- 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