php header function not working after mail function

Question

The form is submitting and sending the email successfully, but the page not redirecting to google. What am I doing wrong?

<?php
    $to = "test@gmail.com";
    $email_title = "test from email";


    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {

            $name = ($_POST["name"]);
            $email = ($_POST["email"]);
            $message = ($_POST["message"]);

            $info = " Name: $name  \r\n Email: $email";

            if(mail($to, $email_title, $message, $info)){


                header('Location: http://www.google.com/');

            }
            else {

                echo "there is an error";
            }
        }   
?>

Be sure the code didn't already output anything, not even blank spaces or new lines that might exist in the PHP file **before** the opening PHP tag ` — axiac, Jan 20 '15 at 13:37
Make sure that headers have not been already sent and turn the error reporting on. — Gino Pane, Jan 20 '15 at 13:39
I'm guessing that this will not work at all because I'm trying to execute some code before calling `header`. Error reporting telling me that header info already sent. — Phil Martin, Jan 20 '15 at 13:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '15 at 13:51

Without knowing more (for example, what the actual error looks like or what actually happens in the browser), I can only speculate. Headers can only be sent before any data is sent to the browser. My best guess is something somewhere is sending data down to the browser before the header() call, which therefore negates the header redirect.

php header function not working after mail function

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