Question

I have a form which submits and /should/ reroute to a thankyou.html page.

Below is the script I’m using:

<?php
  $name = $_REQUEST['name'] ;
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

  mail( "[e-mail]", "Feedback Form Results",
    $message, "From: $email" );
  header( "thankyou.html" );
?>

The thankyou page definitely exists and works correctly, is there something I’m missing?

Answer 1

Yes. header sets an HTTP header, it doesn’t redirect. You can, however, use it to redirect to a page by setting the Location header.

header("Location: thankyou.html");

A note about relative URLs when using the Location header:

This example, is incorrect according to the standard, which specifies the URI returned to be absolute. However, most popular browsers will accept a relative URL.