why won't this page redirect?

Question

I'm having a problem with redirecting a page in php.

<?php           
        include '../include/dbfunctions.php';
        $email = $password = "";
        $err = "";
        if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
            if (isset($_POST['login']) && !empty($_POST['password'])) {

                $email = trim($_POST['email']);
                $password = trim($_POST['password']);

                $link = get_db_connection();


                if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
                    die(" Something went wrong ! ");
                }

                $user_email = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $email);
                $user_password = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $password);

                $query = "SELECT  username FROM user WHERE user_email = '$user_email' AND user_password = SHA1('$user_password') AND user_active = '1';";
                $data = mysqli_query($link, $query);

                if (mysqli_num_rows($data) == 1) {

                    $row = mysqli_fetch_array($data);

                    $username = $row['username'];
                    mysqli_close($link);
                    if (!empty($username)) {

                        header('location:http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.be/login/dashboard.php');
                        exit();
                    }
                } else {
                    $err = "Invalid combination of e-mail and password";
                    echo $err;
                }
            } else {

            }
        }
        ?>

I can't figure it out. If i fill in an invalid password or email, i get the error message. But when they are correct, nothing happens.

is it because you are using lowercase 'l' in location as it is `header('Location:...`. If no, what url you are getting in the browser ? — jitendrapurohit, Oct 08 '15 at 06:29
First check before header nothing is echo and use `Location:` like this. — Kausha Mehta, Oct 08 '15 at 06:31
Funny thing is that it works fine in Netbeans but no online??? — Ace, Oct 08 '15 at 06:35
Turn on error reporting at the top of your script - `ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(-1);`. I suspect you have a "Headers already sent" error.. Also, the syntax is `header("Location: http://www.....");`. Could you also show your form html. You might not be processing anything.. — Darren, Oct 08 '15 at 06:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 08 '15 at 09:39

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if (!empty($username)) {
              header('location:http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.be/login/dashboard.php');
                    exit();}

$username might be empty.

edited Oct 08 '15 at 09:39

Anders

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answered Oct 08 '15 at 06:39

Jitendra Kumar. Balla

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that would mean that the query had no result? But it had. i've checked this. if (mysqli_num_rows($data) == 1) { – Ace Oct 08 '15 at 06:44
Then remove the end php tag in dbfunctions.php, some times it will create problem. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4410704/why-would-one-omit-the-close-tag – Jitendra Kumar. Balla Oct 08 '15 at 06:46
i removed the end ?> tag but still no luck – Ace Oct 08 '15 at 06:53
The one of the reason might be why the redirect with header("Location: ...") is not working is, if your echoing something, before redirection. Any header-redirection won´t work afterwards. – Jitendra Kumar. Balla Oct 08 '15 at 06:59
I don't echo before the redirect and even removed the echo in the else condition later. Still no winner. – Ace Oct 08 '15 at 07:18
Check it once in dbfunctions.php. – Jitendra Kumar. Balla Oct 08 '15 at 07:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 08 '15 at 09:32

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if (!empty($username)) {
     header('location:http://www.yoursite.be/login/dashboard.php?error=error in login please try agine');
     exit();
}

edited Oct 08 '15 at 09:32

Jazi

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answered Oct 08 '15 at 08:10

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why won't this page redirect?

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