Question

I’ve got an a simple include for my new project.

What happens is my included file checks a few functions and outputs the results.

If there is any kind of error I want a simple redirect to happen.

The problem I’m having is that the rest of the main file (which has the include on) keeps loading for a few seconds, before the redirect can be complete.

Is there possibly a way of sleeping the main file while the checks are made?

Thanks!

EDIT @dan:

Part of the included file:

function redirect($url) {
    if(!headers_sent()) {
        header('Location: '.$url);
        exit;
    } else {
        echo '<script type="text/javascript">';
        echo 'window.location.href="'.$url.'";';
        echo '</script>';
        echo '<noscript>';
        echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url='.$url.'" />';
        echo '</noscript>';
        exit;
    }
}

$url = "http://www.whatever.com/";
redirect($url);    
exit;

Answer 1

Use die or exit to stop execution when you get to the point you want to redirect.

header("Location: http://www.example.com");
exit;