Redirect after running PHP script

**chathura86** · Apr 20 '10, 10:36 AM

you can use a JS to redirect user

Regards

**Atli** · Apr 20 '10, 10:59 AM

Hey.

What happened when you tried the header() function? It should have worked.
(Try turning on the error messages to see what really happened.)

You can do three things to redirect a user:

Send a Location header, using the header function. - This is the preferred method, as it is the "shortest" way to send the browser the request to relocate.
Add a <meta> "refresh" header. - This is a close second, only because it requires the browser to parse the HTML before actually getting the request.
Send a JavaScript "location.h ref" value. - This should be avoided, because JavaScript can not be counted on in all cases. Users can turn off JavaScript, and some browser (and I use that term loosely) don't support it.

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 20 '10, 11:15 AM

somehow it posted twice

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 20 '10, 11:16 AM

Hi,

I get the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/****/public_html/insert.php on line 21
When using the following:

Code:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', true);
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","*****","*****");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }
mysql_select_db("*****", $con);
$sql="INSERT INTO contactdetails (Name,Surname,Number,Email,MovingFrom,MovingTo,Date) 
		VALUES ('$_POST[Name]','$_POST[Surname]','$_POST[Number]','$_POST[Email]','$_POST[MovingFrom]','$_POST[MovingTo]','$_POST[Date]')";
		
$sql="INSERT INTO destination (CurrentPremises,CurrentFloor,DestinationPremises,DestinationFloor,WrapEverything,Unpack,Hangerpack,SendMaterials,InsureEverything) 
		VALUES ('$_POST[CurrentPremises]','$_POST[CurrentFloor]','$_POST[DestinationPremises]','$_POST[CurrentFloor]','$_POST[WrapEverything]','$_POST[Unpack]','$_POST[Hangerpack]','$_POST[SendMaterials]','$_POST[InsureEverything]')";
	
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
mysql_close($con)
header("Location: http://www.xxx.com/email.php");
exit;
?>

**Atli** · Apr 20 '10, 12:54 PM

You are missing the semi-colon (;) from line #20. All lines must end in a semi-colon.

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 20 '10, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by Atli

You are missing the semi-colon (;) from line #20. All lines must end in a semi-colon.

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/****/public_html/insert.php:1) in /home/****/public_html/insert.php on line 21

**chathura86** · Apr 20 '10, 03:43 PM

you cannot have any echo statements or none php codes before the header

ie. you cannot send any output to the browser before header()

make sure that (even a white space could case an error)

Regards

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 20 '10, 04:03 PM

Thanks for your reply.
I checked through the code and dont think anything is posting to the browser at all. Perhaps I have missed something though?

Code:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', true);
$con = mysql_connect("*","*","*");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }
mysql_select_db("*", $con);
$sql="INSERT INTO contactdetails (Name,Surname,Number,Email,MovingFrom,MovingTo,Date) 
		VALUES ('$_POST[Name]','$_POST[Surname]','$_POST[Number]','$_POST[Email]','$_POST[MovingFrom]','$_POST[MovingTo]','$_POST[Date]')";
$sql="INSERT INTO destination (CurrentPremises,CurrentFloor,DestinationPremises,DestinationFloor,WrapEverything,Unpack,Hangerpack,SendMaterials,InsureEverything) 
		VALUES ('$_POST[CurrentPremises]','$_POST[CurrentFloor]','$_POST[DestinationPremises]','$_POST[CurrentFloor]','$_POST[WrapEverything]','$_POST[Unpack]','$_POST[Hangerpack]','$_POST[SendMaterials]','$_POST[InsureEverything]')";
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
mysql_close($con);
header("Location: http://www.*.co.za/email.php");
exit;
?>

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 20 '10, 04:09 PM

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/*/public_html/insert.php:1) in /home/*/public_html/insert.php on line 19

**Atli** · Apr 20 '10, 10:21 PM

If you are getting that error, something is being printed before the header() call.

This is usually caused by white-spaces or other junk before the <?php block, BOM chars in Unicode documents or random echos in the code. - Check the source in the browser. That should include the junk chars that are causing this. (Post it here if you want us to take a look at it.)

You can also read this article for more details about this error, and how to fix it.

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 21 '10, 06:47 AM

I read the article - thank you.
As far as I can see I have removed all the white spaces. Below is the code - Pls can you check where I have gone wrong:

Code:

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("*","*","*");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("*", $con);
$sql="INSERT INTO contactdetails (Name,Surname,Number,Email,MovingFrom,MovingTo,Date)
VALUES ('$_POST[Name]','$_POST[Surname]','$_POST[Number]','$_POST[Email]','$_POST[MovingFrom]','$_POST[MovingTo]','$_POST[Date]')";
$sql="INSERT INTO destination (CurrentPremises,CurrentFloor,DestinationPremises,DestinationFloor,WrapEverything,Unpack,Hangerpack,SendMaterials,InsureEverything) 
VALUES ('$_POST[CurrentPremises]','$_POST[CurrentFloor]','$_POST[DestinationPremises]','$_POST[CurrentFloor]','$_POST[WrapEverything]','$_POST[Unpack]','$_POST[Hangerpack]','$_POST[SendMaterials]','$_POST[InsureEverything]')";
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_close($con);
header("Location: http://www.*.co.za/email.php");
exit;
?>

**Atli** · Apr 21 '10, 07:01 AM

We aren't talking about white-spaces inside the <?php .. ?> blocks, but outside them. White-spaces inside them don't matter.

[code=php] <?php
// There are three white-spaces before the <?php tag
// above this comment. This will cause the error.

$variable = '
something
something else.';
// The white-spaces in the above variable,
// or the string, have no effect.
?>[/code]

Did you check out the source of the page in your browser? How did it look like?

**CalvinSmith** · Apr 21 '10, 07:51 AM

Understood and as you can see there are no white spaces in the code I posted. I dont know how to view a PHP files source without it actually processing the script first. Once it processes the script the source is the following:

Code:

<br /> 
<b>Warning</b>:  Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/ccsdesig/public_html/insert.php:1) in <b>/home/ccsdesig/public_html/insert.php</b> on line <b>17</b><br />

If I open the PHP with notepad the source looks exactly the same as it does in expression web and as I posted above.

**Atli** · Apr 21 '10, 08:58 AM

Ok. The error still points to line #1 of the file, saying the output is starting there.

I would guess that your IDE is adding a BOM to your document; a Unicode special character that is meant to tell how the Unicode chars in the document are structured.

To check and fix that, you need an editor that can re-encode the file. I've used Notepad++ for that in the past. It's a very small and simple editor. A sort of advanced version of Notepad.

You can open your document in there, select "Encoding > Encode in UTF-8 without BOM", and then save the file.

That might fix the error.

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