Posted by Benjamin Esham on 12/17/33 11:53

walterbyrd wrote:

> This is the routine that crashes everything.
>
> #if either form field is empty return to the log-in page
> if ( (!$username) or (!$password) )
> {
> header("Location:$HTTP_REFERER");
> exit();
> }
>
> Again, it all works with PHP 4..4.2, crashes with PHP 5.1.4. Also if I try
> to do anything else with $HTTP_REFERER, the system crashes.
>
> By "crashes" I mean I either get a blank page, or an error message that
> the headers are already loaded.

This may or may not help, but is there really no space between "Location:"
and "$HTTP_REFERER"? Because there should be.

Also, you might try using $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] instead, assuming you're
running PHP >= 4.1.0.

HTH,
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