2005/12/10, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 10:45, Zareef Ahmed wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Cummings" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Aaron Koning" <aaronkoning@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "PHP-General" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:07 AM > > Subject: Re: simple-ish question but something i never knew > > > > > > > On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 03:01, Aaron Koning wrote: > > > > My experience was with the Location keyword, it might work better > with > > the > > > > Redirect keyword in the header function. I stopped using header and > > Location > > > > after a few problems and <meta> has never failed for me. MHO. > > > > > > > > What kind of problems did you have? I've never experience a problem > with > > > the location header, but would be interested to know of any gotchas > that > > > I've just been fortunate enough to miss over the years. > > > > I do not think that using meta is better than header but header has one > > problem ( but in my view it is feature) normally. > > for eaxample: > > > > <?php > > session_start(); > > > > $_SESSION['somevar']="anything"; > > header("location:url"); > > ?> > > Shouldn't be a problem if you change it to: > > <?php > session_start(); > > $_SESSION['somevar']="anything"; > session_write_close(); > > header("location:url"); > > ?> > > I generally wrap redirection in a function, that way any shutdown > routines can be performed transparently -- and also the URL can be > reworked from relative to absolute. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > .------------------------------------------------------------. > | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | > :------------------------------------------------------------: > | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | > | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | > | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | > `------------------------------------------------------------' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I've tried this in my server and had no problem. <?php session_start(); $_SESSION['string']="foobar"; header("location:print_string.php"); ?> <?php session_start(); echo "String = {$_SESSION['string']}"; ?> This page prints: String = foobar I can't see the wrong behaviour.