header() with delay not working in IE

Question

I can't get...

<?php
   header( "Refresh: 5; URL=http://www.mywebsite.com" );
?>

...working in Internet Explorer (damn you!).

It works great in Chrome and if I use...

header("Location: http://www.mywebsite.com");

...it works in both, but I get no delay.

possible duplicate of [PHP header("Refresh") problems](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1884365/php-headerrefresh-problems) — GolezTrol, Aug 07 '12 at 20:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '12 at 20:48

4

Try including it as a meta tag, or reloading via JavaScript.

Meta tag:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL='http://example.com/'">

Javascript:

window.onload = new function() {
  setTimeout(function() {
    location.reload();
  }, 5000);
};

answered Aug 07 '12 at 20:48

Oliver Spryn

Thanks! Though I ended up with location.href = "http://www.mywebsite.com" instead since I wanted it to redirect and not refresh :) – Oskar Persson Aug 07 '12 at 20:57

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