Redirecting

[New to VB 6]

How do I get the page to automaticly refresh to a url based on the subject

i.e.
if

$POST["subject"] = "Join the Mailing List"

goto

reciept.php?what=Thank%20you%20for%20joining

after 3 seconds

if not then goto

reciept.php?what=Sorry%20to%20see%20you%20leave

after 3 seconds

it is relivent to my last post

[Gimlin]

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

[Rick Bull]

I could be wrong, but doesn't the header have to be encased in quote marks:

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

[The Hobo]

Yes it do.

New to VB 6: As they've already said, use the header() function. But keep in mind that you can't have any output to the screen before you use it.

<?php

?>

That's also a tricky one. Make sure your PHP tags are at the top of your document, no spaces before them, otherwise that'll count as output to the screen.

if ($_POST["subject"] = "Join the Mailing List") {
    header("Location: http://www.site.com/join.php?action=join");
} else {
    header("Location: http://www.site.com/remove.php?action=kill");
}

[carp]

I might be wrong but that header doesnt wait 3 seconds like he wanted.

[The Hobo]

the header("Location: ") is automatic. There is no wait, unless a slow connection to the internet causes that wait. Read the manual.

[Gimlin]

If you want it to be timed

<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\"content=\"XXX;URL=page.php\">

XXX = number of seconds

[Rick Bull]

Yep, but as I've said before some browsers don't support that, so it's better to use the PHP header if you can. Also I think some browsers may have trouble if the URL is not absolute.