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form question... please help
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:19 pm
by bubs
I have a form that works but everything is in one file. I want to separate the thank you page from the rest of the stuff. How would I go about doing that?
is there a redirect snippet or something I can put in there so that when it tries to display the thanks you it would redirect you to the html page i have instead?
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:40 pm
by SpecialK
This was recently answered
viewtopic.php?t=56415
Your modification to it would be something along these lines
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if($validated){
header("location: http://www.yoursite.com/thank_you.html");
}else{
//the code to display to the user because it is not validated
}
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:52 pm
by Luke
Let's promote good practice here... make sure no headers have been sent first.
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function redirect($location){
if(!headers_sent()){
header('Location: ' . $location);
}
else{
echo "<a href='" . $location . "'>Continue</a>";
}
exit;
}
if($validated){
redirect("http://www.yoursite.com/thank_you.html");
}else{
//the code to display to the user because it is not validated
}
fantastic
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:57 pm
by bubs
Very cool! Thanks guys
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:14 pm
by Dave2000
Just a quick question. I often see people checking if a header has been sent before redirecting. However, what is the point in this? Surely if a header has been sent, you will see it has when you test the script...
Shears

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:52 am
by Luke
umm... I generally don't like PHP Errors to show up on my web sites... for some strange reason I just feel that it's unprofessional.
That's kind of a strange question... that's like asking... "Why would you check that there is a database connection before attempting to use one... when PHP would report this via an Error?"
As a programmer, it's your responsibility to be paranoid and trust nothing.