Jump.php Script Problem - need help

Liz · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-05, 01:41 AM

Hi, I've been using this script that I found here for about a year, but it's stopped working and I really need some help:
http://www.programmingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=3972

It was working great, but then my server's hard drive died and I was given PHP 4.3.7. Now this script gives me the following error:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/url/jump.php:7) in /home/url/jump.php on line 8

I have been looking all over the Web for an answer and I can't fix it. I already checked to make sure this script has no white spaces. I tried putting the <HTML> etc. after the <?php ... ?> and that doesn't work.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I am a total novice at PHP - I barely understand it. But this jump script is used throughout my site and was working so much better than CGI that I really rely on it in my drop-down menus and forms. I bet it's something stupid that I've done wrong, but I honestly have no idea how to fix it.

Here is my version of this script. Thanks for reading my message, and please, please help if you can!

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Jump</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
header("Location: $goto");
?>
</body>
</html>

NeverMind · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-05, 02:55 AM

Code:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/url/jump.php:7) in /home/url/jump.php on line 8

means that there was output before header() function called.
and it's true in your case!
since it's a redirection code, don't put all those html tags! it will save you bandwidth and it's not needed.
so use this one instead:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$goto = $_REQUEST['goto'];

header("Location: $goto");

?>

Liz · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-05, 09:53 AM

Thank you so much! It works now!

I really appreciate it.