Thanks Bastien, To be honest I have no clue as to how to hold the form in the buffer. I've copied the code below, that might help I guess. <?php include("header.php"); include("lib/funcs.php"); $url=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; $member_no=$_POST['member_no']; $member_no=trim(htmlspecialchars($member_no)); $not_member=1; if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['trigger']==6) { // echo $member_no; $conn=mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass) or die("Could not open the connection"); $dbselect=mysql_select_db($dbname,$conn) or die("could not connect to the DB"); $id_query="SELECT * FROM members WHERE member_id='$member_no'"; $result = mysql_query($id_query) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR); $num_rows=mysql_num_rows($result); //echo $num_rows; if($num_rows>0) { echo'<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=member.php">'; } else { $not_member=0; } } ?> <td width="420" class="whitebg"> <BR /> <h3 align="left">REFERENCE FOR MEMBERSHIP TO INFINITY LEARNERS CLUB</h3> <p> In order to be able to refer members to Infinity LMRC, you need to be a registered member with us, Please enter your membership number below and start referring.</p> <table width="410"> <form action="<?php echo $url ; ?>" method="post" name="refer" > <table> <tr> <td><label for="memberno">Membership Number</label></td> <td><input type="text" name="member_no" class="myinput" /></td></tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value=" OK !" /></td> <td><input type="reset" name="cancel" value=" Cancel " /></td></tr> <tr><td><input type="hidden" name="trigger" value="6" /></td></tr> </table> </form> <?php if($not_member==0) { echo 'Our records indicate that you are not a member yet, <a href="member.php"> Click here</a> to become a member now'; }?> </td> <?php include("footer.php");?> </body> </html> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Bastien Koert <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Vinay Kannan <vinykan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have 2 pages on php, the first page has a small form to accept a > > membership number from the user, which checks for membership number in > the > > DB, if the membership no does not exist, gives an error saying 'you are > not > > a member click here to become a member now', this bit works fine. > > > > The problem is the following bit 'if the user is a member, i want the > user > > to be directed to another page. > > > > this is what i did to get the result since header("Location:....") wont > > work, as already the form has been printed on the page. > > > > echo'<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=member.php">'; but the > > problem is that this takes couple of seconds, till then the page is very > > much visible which doesnt look good. > > > > Any help on this is much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Vinay. > > > > What about holding the form in the buffer, and then dealing with the > buffer before sending the form? > > > -- > > Bastien > > Cat, the other other white meat >