i think you should use,
*ob_start();*
/*--------------
your coding
----------------*/
*ob_end_flush();*
this will sort out the problem "headers
have already been sent." no need to worry
about user disables meta refresh.
On 3/9/08, Sudhakar <finals27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> i have a registration page which is a self submitting form <form
> action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="POST"
>
> id="test2" name="registrationform">
>
> where in a user fill a form, after the data has been inserted to a
> database i would like to redirect the user to a different
>
> page. i am not able to use header(Location: filename.html) as i have
> echo statements before and i get a message that headers
>
> have already been sent. so due to this i am using
>
> echo (" <meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0;url=thankyou.php?
> firstname=$firstname'> "); this works perfectly fine.
>
> however if a user disables meta refresh which is a very small
> possibility the above meta tag would not execute to avoid such
>
> a situation i would like to use echo statements to create a new page
> which would have html tags and display a similar page to
>
> thankyou.php
>
> in my case the php code is placed in the middle of the page which
> displays messages that a user did not enter in the form.
>
> the page is so structured that there is some information written
> using html tags followed by the registration questions where
>
> the php code is present to validate. i have used
>
> echo (" <meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0;url=thankyou.php?
> fname=$fname'> ");
> redirectingthepage();
> exit;
>
> i have used the above code so that even if the echo (" <meta http-
> equiv='refresh' content='0;url=thankyou.php?fname=$fname'>
>
> "); is not executed the redirectingthepage() function will be
> executed.
>
> my question is due to the structure of the page whatever text is
> present before the form that text is appearing again
>
> followed by the text i have inside redirectingthepage() function, i
> do not want this to happen. i would like what is written
>
> in redirectingthepage() function only to appear. i have defined
> redirectingthepage() function in a separate file and i am
>
> calling the file which has redirectingthepage() function by using
> include statement in the registration page.
>
> please advice how i can display what is defined in redirectingthepage
> () function ONLY if the refresh is disabled by the user
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
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Thanks & Regards,
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