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Chandan K. Sah
Courses Plus Student 12,665 PointsHeader refresh not working
echo "Message has been sent.<br>";
echo "Your will be redirected back to homepage in 5 seconds.<br>";
header("Refresh: 5;url=index.php");
echo "If you are not redirected yet <a href='../index.php'>click here</a>.";
The above code is working on my local machine but when i uploaded the code on live website its not redirecting automatically to my index.php page. I tried on all browsers but its not working. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated..
2 Answers
Alejandro Cavazos
4,250 PointsDo you get any errors? It can be because you have a different php doc root directory. Try adding a / before i dex.php.
Véronique Bellamy
20,810 PointsMaybe it is because you are calling the header after you start sending info to the browser instead of before... Try this instead:
header("Refresh: 5;url=index.php");
echo "Message has been sent.<br />";
echo "You will be redirected back to the homepage in 5 seconds.<br />";
echo "If you are not redirected yet, <a href='../index.php'>click here</a>.";
Chandan K. Sah
Courses Plus Student 12,665 PointsOk, Thanks it worked but i have one more question why the code below is not working same as above?
echo "Message has been sent.<br>";
echo "Your will be redirected back to homepage in 5 seconds.<br>";
echo "If you are not redirected yet <a href='../index.php'>click here</a>.";
header("Refresh: 5;url=../index.php");
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Chandan,
header() has to be called before any html output to the page.