Redirecting?

liam_d · 05-13-2005, 04:46 AM

What is a good way to do delayed redirection?

If you look on a lot of forums after posting you get a thank you with a link to go to the page to see your post and it auto goes to that page after time, now ive been told meta refresh is a no no as apparently a lot of ie users disable it. Well i cant use header redirect (php) as i always get errors like headers already sent so what else is there to use?

Mystic · 05-13-2005, 05:04 AM

Meta refresh is the only way i can think of to use

eagle12 · 05-13-2005, 05:44 AM

javascript, is really the only other option.

stscac · 05-13-2005, 06:23 AM

i think google will treat equally to the two listed above where as yahoo will treat better to meta refresh

liam_d · 05-13-2005, 11:24 AM

Ill have to look into it a bit more then methinks

StudioWorks · 05-13-2005, 04:21 PM

It depends.

On what are you going to use redirect on ? Give some more information.

liam_d · 05-13-2005, 04:22 PM

I explained in my first post.

df-sean · 05-14-2005, 05:30 PM

In my opinion, the "correct" way to do this is to use meta-refresh as it is the ideal tool created for exactly what you want to do. If users have disabled it, that's a good indication that they don't want to be redirected and may not appreciate it much of you try to bypass that -- so just offer a link as alternative way to get to the next page.

If you still want to use PHP header redirects, you just need to make sure that there is absolutely no whitespace or content being sent to the browser before the header. All http headers including the location header generated by PHP's header function *must* come before anything is sent to the browser. Make sure the "<?" that opens your script has no whitespace before it. Good luck!

05-13-2005, 04:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
liam_d The original NP Emo Kid Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 1,648 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	Redirecting? What is a good way to do delayed redirection? If you look on a lot of forums after posting you get a thank you with a link to go to the page to see your post and it auto goes to that page after time, now ive been told meta refresh is a no no as apparently a lot of ie users disable it. Well i cant use header redirect (php) as i always get errors like headers already sent so what else is there to use?

05-14-2005, 05:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
df-sean NamePros Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan Posts: 37 69.00 NP$ (Donate)	In my opinion, the "correct" way to do this is to use meta-refresh as it is the ideal tool created for exactly what you want to do. If users have disabled it, that's a good indication that they don't want to be redirected and may not appreciate it much of you try to bypass that -- so just offer a link as alternative way to get to the next page. If you still want to use PHP header redirects, you just need to make sure that there is absolutely no whitespace or content being sent to the browser before the header. All http headers including the location header generated by PHP's header function must come before anything is sent to the browser. Make sure the "<?" that opens your script has no whitespace before it. Good luck! __________________ :::: DataFly.Net :::: Rock-Solid Linux Web Hosting http://www.datafly.net

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05-13-2005, 05:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mystic Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,169 15.05 NP$ (Donate)	Meta refresh is the only way i can think of to use

05-13-2005, 05:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
eagle12 NamePros Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 91 80.80 NP$ (Donate)	javascript, is really the only other option.

05-13-2005, 06:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
stscac A Wealth of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,794 47.60 NP$ (Donate)	i think google will treat equally to the two listed above where as yahoo will treat better to meta refresh

05-13-2005, 11:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
liam_d The original NP Emo Kid Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 1,648 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	Ill have to look into it a bit more then methinks

05-13-2005, 04:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
StudioWorks no one lives forever Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NamePros Posts: 8,097 110.31 NP$ (Donate)	It depends. On what are you going to use redirect on ? Give some more information.

05-13-2005, 04:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
liam_d The original NP Emo Kid Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 1,648 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	I explained in my first post.

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