open new browser code for php

charlesming · 10-11-2007, 08:27 AM

Hi all,

i have the below code currently to redirect-

<?php
header('location:/xxx');
?>

How can i code it such that the new page will open in a new browser window? thanks so much!

sde · 10-11-2007, 09:22 AM

you can't use PHP to open a new window. what you're doing there is just changing the header of the current page.

you will need to use javascript to make popups.

charlesming · 10-11-2007, 04:03 PM

i see.. how do we use javascript? in html there is a target_blank.

in this case, should i put in the script on the original page, or the target page?

or perhaps i should just use html to redirect and a open a new page at the same time within the same code?

thanks!

Belisarius · 10-11-2007, 05:38 PM

When do you want to open the new window? If you want the window to popup when the page loads, you probably want "onload" attribute of the <body> tag.

charlesming · 10-12-2007, 04:49 AM

basically i am redirecting a current page to a new page. and during the redirect, i want the new page to open as a new browser window.... yup. thanks all

DJMaze · 10-12-2007, 04:51 AM

and due to that have in the other window a blank screen?
That is really useless.

charlesming · 10-12-2007, 04:57 AM

not a blank screen.

I want visitors going to page A to be redirected to page B as a new window, not the existing window.

DJMaze · 10-12-2007, 06:27 AM

So not redirection but just a new/second page/window. That is a whole different story.

Maybe you should first read information about "what does redirect mean"

charlesming · 10-12-2007, 06:33 AM

it IS a redirection. i am not a programmer but i am not that tech dumb, thank you. Maybe you should start taking time to read and try to understand what people are saying instead of shouting your mind off which just makes you look bad.

Anyway for the others, i did a workaround. I cleared the existing page of the code since i dont need it anymore and just put in a line

<a href="http://www.xxx.com/yyyy target="_blank">Click here to continue</a>

if i cant seem to do an auto redirect, i just have to get users to click on the link to move onto the new page.

thanks Belisarius and sde for their comments!

DJMaze · 10-12-2007, 06:46 AM

Some cool stuff to read:

URL redirection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Links in new windows (target="blank") considered harmful - Anne’s Weblog

redhead · 10-13-2007, 09:24 AM

Or you could do a

Code:

<body onLoad="window.open('http://www.xxx.com/yyyy'); return true;">

In your displayed page source, that would open another window with the page your so called "redirect" should display, eventho, it isn't a redirec as you proclame it to be.

Don't chew out DjM for correcting your recognition of a redirect, he is right and you are wrong, and now I give you permission to chew me out, if that will satisfy your need, but it dosn't change the fact that what you want to do isn't considdered a redirect, it is a pop-up, one of the things most hated on the net these days and most people probably would have a popup killer eliminating your desire to use this "feature"

sde · 10-13-2007, 10:46 AM

yeah, sounds more like a 'pop-up', not a re-direct.

the term 're-direct' is more for automatically moving a user from one page to another in the same browser window.

since you are technical, and dabbling into programming, i hope you can appreciate the defined distinction. you'll probably find tons of code on google if you search for 'javascript popup'.

you getting all bet out of shap with DJM is like someone going to a mechanic and saying their wheels squeak. the mechanic tells them it's the breaks. then the customer yells at the mechanic saying 'i know what wheels are! and they are squeaking!'