note 97114 added to function.header

Several times this one is asked on the net but an answer could not be found in the docs on php.net ... If you want to redirect an user and tell him he will be redirected, e. g. "You will be redirected in about 5 secs. If not, click here." you cannot use header( 'Location: ...' ) as you can't sent any output before the headers are sent. So, either you have to use the HTML meta refresh thingy or you use the following: <?php header( "refresh:5;url=wherever.php" ); echo 'You\'ll be redirected in about 5 secs. If not, click <a href="wherever.php">here</a>.'; ?> Hth someone ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 82.207.230.75 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97114 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97114 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97114 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php