PHP redirect doesn't work on IE?

Question

I try to put script to send an email and redirect to main page. yes, it's work! but...

On IE, it doesn't work.

code example:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {

    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    //$email_to1 = "a@abc.com";
    $email_to2 = "b@abc.com";
    $email_subject = "Email from www.abc.com";         
    ................
    ................                  
    // create email headers
    $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
    'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
    //@mail($email_to1, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);
    @mail($email_to2, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);
    header("Refresh: 3; http://www.abc.com/Contact.html");
?>

<!-- include your own success html here -->

    Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.<br>
    <a href="http://www.abc.com/Contact.html">back to website</a>
<?php
}
?>

How could i solve it?

Did you try to exit the script after the header function with exit(); ? — Stoyan Dimov, Mar 21 '13 at 08:50
use the ones found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh (` — Najzero, Mar 21 '13 at 08:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:01

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Please use below code

  header('Location:http://www.abc.com/Contact.html')
    exit;

answered Mar 21 '13 at 09:01

Praveen kalal

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As example i shown you a code is already worked on Chrome, Firefox. But didn't work on IE even exit; is added. – fronthem Mar 21 '13 at 09:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 08:52

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Use this code instead

die(header('Location:http://www.abc.com/Contact.html'));

You can omit die(), but is useful here, because using it allows to prevent script running after sending redirect header.

answered Mar 21 '13 at 08:52

Denis O.

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Then you should try to use step-by-step check. Comment header line and put this line in place: `die('mail sent with '.(bool)$mailSentRes.' result');` just to be sure that you getting this point in your script. – Denis O. Mar 21 '13 at 09:39
It's not a good idea to shut up `mail()` with @. Maybe it have something to say you. – Denis O. Mar 21 '13 at 09:45

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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Change

header("Refresh: 3; http://www.abc.com/Contact.html");

into

header("Refresh: 3; URL=http://www.abc.com/Contact.html");

I think that should do the trick

Also take note of this answer: 'Refresh' HTTP header and this comment: 'Refresh' HTTP header

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

Community

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answered Mar 21 '13 at 13:33

Daan Timmer

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This helped me fix a problem I was having. Evidently IIS was messing up the redirect for IE browsers. The Refresh method worked while the Location method didn't. – dVyper Jul 29 '16 at 15:06

PHP redirect doesn't work on IE?

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