[FX.php List] PHP question...

[Gareth Evans]

Maybe you can use output buffering to only send the page if $counter >= 1.

ob_start();
... 75% of page ...
$content = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

if ($counter < 1) {
   header("Location: review.php");
} else {
   echo $content;
}


-- 
GARETH EVANS


> From: Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>
> Reply-To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:47:07 -0500
> To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> Subject: [FX.php List] PHP question...
> 
> I have a page that loads, and in the body of the code, there's a loop
> that occurs that tries to load in database records if any exist.
> Because of the way the site works, I have to run this loop in the body
> of the page and not at the top, so 75% of the page has already been
> loaded at this point.
> 
> What I'd *like* to do is go to the next page if no records are loaded;
> I have a variable that's easy to test, but I can't seem to get what I
> want.
> 
> I tried saying this:
> 
> if ($counter<1){
> header("Location: review.php");
> }
> 
> but for some reason, it doesn't actually send the user to the next
> page. I can test and confirm that the IF statement does validate and
> the code within IS run, but why doesn't it send the user to the next
> page? Is it because a lot of the HTML has already loaded?
> 
> If I use an INCLUDE() or REQUIRE(), the top part of this page will
> show on the subsequent page, which is of course not what I want.
> 
> Is there another way to redirect after the BODY of a page has already
> started loading?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob Patin
> 
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