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#1 Guest_Jason Rowe*


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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:30 PM

I have setup wamp server on my PC to be able to learn some php/mysql and have run into a problem.. I made a login section to the site but wanted to be able to add a page redirect if the user is invalid..i know this seems easy as a header adjustment. here is what i have

I have a test file named redirect.php with only the following code in it.

 
<?php
header ("Location: http://www.google.com"); 
?>


but when the redirect.php page loads which contains the header redirection nothing is shown on the browser. eventually id like to add the header redirection to an if statement incase a incorrect user is submitted but I cant even get this simple redirect to work.. I do know already that all header redirections have to be put on before even a blankspace is shown on the screen. please help, thanks!

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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:32 PM

The only syntax thing I would think is the space between header and the '('. Everything else looks fine.

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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:33 PM

Providing only the header command, we can't really evaluate your code.

Since it's at least initiating a page load, can you verify that you can load Google, by using that exact URL? Maybe the problem isn't in the code.
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:36 PM

well with the code provided, altho not the complete code that I will eventually use, it should work and send my browser to google.com still correct? At the moment its not.
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:40 PM

Yes ive copied and pasted the url and I connect to google fine. i know my php and mysql are active as i can query the database and my .php files load fine but for some reason my page redirecting code dont work even for the simple redirect.php file listed above
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:41 PM

pencils merely stating that it could be something else in the code or something all together, and it is - as I uploaded your exact code here and it works.

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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:44 PM

hmm..could it be settings for wamp or internet explorer? not a clue why no header redirects are working then.. weird
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:47 PM

Maybe Google doesn't want your rejected traffic :)

Try Yahoo!, as they'll take whatever they can get.
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 08:52 PM

:cry2: yahoo not working either.. so weird.. any one else might know why the page isnt redirecting?
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 09:00 PM

If following gregwhitworth's posted link doesn't work, then I would recommend using a different browser.
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 09:06 PM

Ive found a work around using: 

	<?php
		    echo '<HTML><head>';
			echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content="0; URL=http://www.google.com">';
			echo '</head><body></body></HTML>';
	?>


just would really like to know why the header redirect will only load a blank page..

Im using IE8 currently..
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 09:06 PM

Eww, Meta Refresh.

Have you tried another browser?
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 09:11 PM

yep just tried with firefox and it just loads a blank page as well.
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Posted 24 March 2010 - 10:01 PM

Have you tried using a javascript refresh? I know some don't like javascript options, but I've never had a problem with it.

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Posted 24 March 2010 - 10:16 PM

thanks for the reply. I have been able to get the javascript redirect version to work but wanted to use header('location:...') incase javascript was turned off. ive been searching for bugs or certain configs for wamp/php to see if maybe there was other reports of this problem..really weird as Im following the header guidelines as described on the php site and still wont work right..sucks..
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