Alternatively, you can provide a link to the thank you page in the redirecting page, if you think meta refresh is restricted. one.php: //form elements.. etc two.php: //db operations <meta tag> echo 'Details entered in database'; echo '<a href="thankyou.php">Click here if you are not redirected within 5 seconds</a>'; thankyou.php //your message. Regards, Manda Krishna Srikanth http://www.krishnasrikanth.com php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 03/09/2008 06:34:43 PM: > > 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. =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
