function to refresh a page

[tedzz]

Hi guys
I'm new in php, and i need a php function that allows the page to refresh while resending information the same information that was sent to it earlier. Does this function actually exist?

[sandeepsandeep]

U can use the header() in php function pass the location in header if u redirect the same page call the same url..

There are another way in html there are <meta> tag set the refresh time and refresh the page every time how thet u set the time in milisec.

Sandeep Agrawal

[tedzz]

U can use the header() in php function pass the location in header if u redirect the same page call the same url..

There are another way in html there are <meta> tag set the refresh time and refresh the page every time how thet u set the time in milisec.

Sandeep Agrawal

I tried the header function... the problem is that it is not resending the same information..when the page refreshes all the submitted information is lost

[Markus]

I tried the header function... the problem is that it is not resending the same information..when the page refreshes all the submitted information is lost

Either, send the data through the url:
[php]
header("Location: http://example.com/?var=something&var2=something-else
[/php]

Then use $_GET to retrieve it:
[php]
$_var = $_GET['var']'
$_var2 = $_GET['var2'];
[/php]

OR! You could have hidden input fields (in a form), which you have populated with the data, then use javascripts setInterval() to submit the form after a period of time.

document.form_name.submit()
 

:)

[dlite922]

Either, send the data through the url:
[php]
header("Location: http://example.com/?var=something&var2=something-else
[/php]

Then use $_GET to retrieve it:
[php]
$_var = $_GET['var']'
$_var2 = $_GET['var2'];
[/php]

OR! You could have hidden input fields (in a form), which you have populated with the data, then use javascripts setInterval() to submit the form after a period of time.

document.form_name.submit()
 

:)

basically you just want to hit the refresh button, this has nothing to do with PHP as it is on the client side, create a link for the page itself or the following will work too:

 
<a href="javascript:location.reload(true);">
Refresh this page
</a>
 

header() is used when redirecting from the server.