PHP doesn't redirect to specified page

Question

I tried sleep() function and redirecting by meta tags. I have the following code. What do i do wrong?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Please wait... Generating reports...</title>
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="images/log.png">
</head>

<body>
<center>
<div style="margin-top:200px;">
<embed src="images/loadingcircle2.swf" width="30" height="30"></embed><br />
<i style="font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color:#004e49; font-size:12px;">Generating the results. Please wait...</i>
<?php
header( "refresh:5; url=results.php" ); 
?>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>

The header functions should be placed before sending data to the browser. — Al.G.
– Al.G., Commented Apr 5, 2014 at 17:05
Your PHP header is placed after HTML. So probably you will get error "Cannot send headers. Headers already started on..." (If your error reporting is set to ON). You must move your header to the top, that is before any HTML. — Sarvap Praharanayuthan
– Sarvap Praharanayuthan, Commented Apr 5, 2014 at 17:09

Parag Tyagi · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-05 17:11:42Z

2

Try this -

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; url=results.php" />

content is refresh time in seconds (in above example - 5 seconds)

answered Apr 5, 2014 at 17:11

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naota · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-05 17:13:55Z

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If you want to redirect after 5 seconds, you can do something like this:

 <div>
    Please wait... Generating reports..
 </div>

 <script type="text/javascript">
  setTimeout(function(){
      window.location.href = "result.php";
  },5000);
 </script>

Hope this helps.

answered Apr 5, 2014 at 17:13

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vanion · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-05 17:09:43Z

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Headers are already sent. Try to use JavaScript, or set headers at the beginning of the script.

JavaScript window.location.replace("http://stackoverflow.com");

window.location.href = "http://stackoverflow.com";

answered Apr 5, 2014 at 17:09

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Sarvap Praharanayuthan Over a year ago

As per the OP's logic you must enclose this inside setTimeout() for 5 seconds.

Al.G. · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-05 17:34:48Z

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Place the header function before sending data to the browser.

<?php
header( "refresh:5; url=results.php" ); 
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

You don't need javascript here.

answered Apr 5, 2014 at 17:34

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