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Posted by Karl Groves on 11/18/17 11:43
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in
news:ZsGdnYorq-4TNrTZ4p2dnA@comcast.com:
> Dave wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a reliable solution to php redirect?:
>>
>> header("Location: $redir_url");
>> if the above times out in $timeout seconds
>> header("Location: $alt_redir_url");
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
> Hi, Dave,
>
> Sorry, you can't do it.
>
> When you send the redirect, the request goes to the browser. The
> browser is now responsible for fetching the new page. Your script is
> no longer "in the loop".
>
> Maybe you could do it with javascript - I haven't tried. But that
> would have its own problems (i.e. user has disabled javascript).
>
Actually, what could be done is to check for a good response at new URL
with fsockopen() and if successful, do the redirect, otherwise go to the
alternate.
To the OP:
peruse the info here: http://us2.php.net/function.fsockopen
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