Problem with PHP, automatically "go to another url" in header tag

Question

how do I redirect with PHP script? How can I use a PHP script to redirect a user from the url they entered to a different web page/url?

That code doesn't work :/ header() tag doesn't work either.

if(/*do something, nevermind*/)) {
        mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
        echo "<p> Form sended </p>";
        header('<meta http-equiv = "refresh" content = "0; url = https://faunaservice.pl">');
        exit;
}

You can simply use: `header("location: /redirect/url.php");exit;`. If this isn't working then make sure you haven't already _output_ anything to the page (e.g. `echo`) — Steven, Mar 12 '21 at 19:55
Can you not remove it? If you need to redirect then why do you output anything? — Steven, Mar 12 '21 at 20:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 20:13

use this to echo your message and then redirect to another page after some seconds.

if(1 == 1 ) {
        mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
        echo "
          <p> Form sended </p>
           <script>
               setTimeout(function(){
                    window.location.href = 'https://example.com/';
               }, 5000);
           </script>
        ";
        exit;
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 22:02

You have two options among others:

Header redirect

header('Location: http://whatever.com');

Depending on your PHP config, you may not want to echo anything before this command, as headers might be sent to the browser as soon as you are echoing, and it will be too late to send new headers.

Refresh meta

echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://whatever.com">';

This must be located in the <head> section of your html document

Note that in your code, sending a meta refresh header is not valid. It's either a redirect header, or a refresh meta in the html's head.

Problem with PHP, automatically "go to another url" in header tag

2 Answers2

Header redirect

Refresh meta