header working on localhost but not working on a live server

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wonder if anyone could help. my problem is that the site works on localhost but when I ftp it to a live server the header() doesn't redirect them to (in this case) a thank you page, the data how ever is recorded in the database.

PHP code:

<?php
    if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    $connect_error = 'Sorry, Connection problems.';
    mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password') or die($connect_error);
    mysql_select_db('email_logs') or die($connect_error);

    $sql = "INSERT INTO client_data (name, email) VALUES ('" . mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['name']) . "', '" . mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']) . "')";
    mysql_query($sql);
    mysql_close();
    header("Location: thankyou.php");
    exit();
}
?>

you forgot to upload thankyou.php? Or it's not where you think it is? — Jeroen Ingelbrecht, Aug 25 '13 at 09:42
Offtopic: don't use mysql_* functions, it's deprecated, use mysqli or PDO instead — M.Svrcek, Aug 25 '13 at 09:44
The thank you page is uploaded, if I type the url of the website in the bar and include /thankyou.php it shows that thank you page. — user2682649, Aug 25 '13 at 09:49
Do you get errors in other pages? Maybe displaying errors is disabled in your server. — Ahmad, Aug 25 '13 at 09:51
error messages are enables on the server, and they are running version 5.3. my local server is through xammp, how would I check the php version? sorry a little new to this. — user2682649, Aug 25 '13 at 09:59
Try replacing header() for echo() or something, it's the most primitive form of debugging. Also, if you found solved issue, please close your question and/or answer itself properly! — Leonel, Aug 25 '13 at 10:25
thanks everyone okay so ive includes the ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); at the top aswell as the error reporting line, and its returned this error "Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/kia03/public_html/index.php:2) in /home/kia03/public_html/index.php on line 30" — user2682649, Aug 25 '13 at 10:50
[check out this post regarding php headers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/423860/php-header-redirect-not-working) — Breign, Aug 25 '13 at 11:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '13 at 10:10

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your code is fine...if u want u can try defining relative paths like.../path/to/thankyou.php..watch what happens..if it still not running..then check by error_reporting(E_ALL);ini_set('display_errors', 1); and tell us what the actual error

answered Aug 25 '13 at 10:10

RbG

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 16 '14 at 12:56

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This may help you.

ob_start();

You can add this at the top of thankyou.php

edited Dec 16 '14 at 12:56

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answered Dec 16 '14 at 12:51

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 25 '13 at 10:22

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Try this at the top of the script

ob_start("ob_gzhandler");

answered Aug 25 '13 at 10:22

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read the article and checked for everything that was listed in it, still nothing works... Is there a way to instead of redirecting rather have the form disappear and a thank you message replace it? – user2682649 Aug 25 '13 at 12:05

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 27 '15 at 12:13

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Try with the below piece of code

fileName:fix.php

<?php
ob_start();
...
header('Location: page1.php');
...
ob_end_flush();
?>

answered Jun 27 '15 at 12:13

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header working on localhost but not working on a live server

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