I have a login class, whereby a user logs into the database then I want the method to redirect the user to their own profile page. I was hoping to use header() redirect although I've been having a few issues implementing it.
Because I want to call the header() after the HTMl has been started it won't re-direct, is there any neat way to wrap it into a function and call it when I need it?
Two ways:
Reorganize your script to perform logic first (including the header() redirect) and output HTML second.
-or-
Buffer your HTML output and send the buffer contents only after your logic determines that the redirect is not needed.
The first method is preferable. Logic should be separated from layout wherever possible. You may consider implementing the MVC (Model, View, Controller) pattern to improve the maintainability of your code.
You should do all of your logic before you output any HTML. Don't check whether or not you need to redirect in the middle of your page.
Otherwise, you could enable output buffering, but I wouldn't rely on it.
if you want to include header() redirect method then the code must come before any html tag, however you can make a function to behave like header() for example
function redirect($link, $time) {
return "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='$time;url=$link'>";
}
then call the function like
echo redirect("http://google.com", "3");
which will redirect to google.com in 3 seconds.
