PHP header redirect and HTML refresh

Question

I am working with a php login page that redirects people to user specific pages. When the user gets to these pages it still shows the php login page in the url.

Can you help me find a way for the html (or php) code on the new page to reload the page one time so it becomes that page AFTER IT REDIRECTS. (I am having functionality problems with these pages because of this problem)?

I am using headers, the page needs to refresh after the redirect — pclever1, Jul 19 '13 at 19:15
Headers can not redirect after any output has been sent. Make sure headers are not send before you need to redirect — Mic1780, Jul 19 '13 at 19:16
Then include a cache-busting query string, to prevent the destination page from being pulled from cache, e.g. even `header('Location: newpage.php?cachebuster=' . time());` — Marc B, Jul 19 '13 at 19:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '13 at 19:17

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You cannot use PHP to refresh the page. Once the page is loaded into the browser, PHP is out of control and cannot modify the page contents.

To reload/refresh the document, you can use HTML or JavaScript.

To refresh the document every 30 seconds using HTML:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30">

Using JavaScript:

<input type="button" value="Reload Page" onClick="window.location.reload()">

Hope this helps!

answered Jul 19 '13 at 19:17

The first one will be refresh automatically after 30 seconds. But for the second one, the page will only refresh when the button is clicked. – Jul 19 '13 at 19:29

PHP header redirect and HTML refresh

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