location??

[wj]

Hi all,

I want to use 'location' to redirect to link to another page:

<?php
header("Location: http://localhost");

?>
works fine, but when i introduce start_session, all i get is a blank page:

<?php

session_start();

header("Location: http://localhost");

?>

Can anyone give me a hint, do I need to change my php.ini-file or something
like that?? I use apache and php 4.3.1, local installed.

Thanx!!

WJ

[Roland Roberts]

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> "wj" == wj <[e-mail]> writes:

wj> Can anyone give me a hint, do I need to change my php.ini-file
wj> or something like that?? I use apache and php 4.3.1, local
wj> installed.

Your first hint is to look at the HTML source of the blank page.
session_start() is most likely spitting out _something_.

Your second hint is to avoid session_start() until as late as you
possibly can. If you still have to call it before you know whether or
not you have to redirect, then...

Your third hint is to look at the ob_* functions (output buffering).
In particular, you may find ob_start() and ob_end_clean() of use in
throwing away output...

regards,

roland
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