php header() problem

Question

here is my code

if($register){
header("Location: http://mydomain.com/userarea");
exit();
}

that if user is registered successfully it is redirected to userarea but after registering it stay on signup page but if i refresh the page it is redirecting me to userarea but i want to redirect the user on signup automatically.....how can i solve this problem

Answer 1

try to save a session or cookie value when user login

and if this parameter set

redirect him

Answer 2

Do you echo or write anything before the redirection?

If you want to show something like "you have registered", do it on a userarea site and from register form, call something like "register.php"

register.php:

<?php
//process registration without any output //and then redirect
header(..);
exit;

And then it should work

Answer 3

If you don't receive any error messages instead of redirection, then perhaps it's because $register is false? It's even more likely as it seems that exit() doesn't get executed. Try checking it with assert(). Otherwise, it's possible that you've already flushed the output (sent it to the client) and the header wasn't sent.