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PHP

Michael Perry
Michael Perry
1,976 Points
Posted by Michael Perry
Michael Perry
1,976 Points

Question from quiz re: PHP header() function

In one of the quizzes in the "Build a Basic PHP Website" course, it asks what will happen when the following code is executed:

<?php

echo "Hello World!";

header("Location: newfile.php");

The answer is "Hello World! and a Warning," but when I try this code in the website I've been building in the course, it redirects me to the new page and doesn't give any warning or display "Hello World".

So why is this the answer? Is my browser hiding a warning from me?

1 Answer

Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points
Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points

Your browser may be hiding the warning... or, more likely the PHP installation is set up a little differently. On development servers PHP is usually set to show warnings - because the programmers can use them, but on production servers the setting is usually turned off so that normal website visitors aren't bothered by them.