php redirect question...

[GSXdan]

After I have people register on this site, I want it to bring them to a different page telling them what to do next. What is the easiest way to do a redirect? This is how I have it now and it isnt working:

register.php:

// wont let me put starting php tags in here, code wont show up
// but this is the first line of the file

function redirect($location)
{
   header('Location: .\register_success.html' . $location);
}

include 'db.php';

...
...
...

    mail($email_address, $subject, $message,
        "From: Gethering Webmaster\n
        X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());

        $location;
}

?>

using that it just sits at a blank white screen, showing register.php in the address bar.

wahts wrong with the code? or is there a easier way to do this?

thanks ^dan

[mairving]

Headers can be one of the more finicky things to work with. You will see a lot of the headers already sent message unless done properly. It is difficult to tell about your script. It looks like you built a function called redirect but never called it.

It seems like I generally use something like:

PHP Code:

<?php
$url = "register_success.html";
header("Location: $url");
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");
exit;
?>

PHP.net has some pretty good info on the header function

[MrAustin]

You put at the end, $location, but that is not calling your redirect function.

PHP Code:

DB Processing Up Here
redirect("register_success.php");