Posted by clashers5@gmail.com on 07/19/06 14:06

Good point. Thank you

william.clarke wrote:
> Geoff Berrow wrote:
> > Message-ID: <1153193066.107423.267520@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> from
> > clashers5@gmail.com contained the following:
> >
> > > exit("<script>window.location.href='login.php?page=$page</script>");
> >
> > Fine but why rely on Javascript? Why not just do:
> >
> > header("Location:login.php?page=$page");
> > exit();
>
>
> Exactly what I was about to post, but Geoff beat me to it :)
>
> header("Location:login.php?page=$page");
> will work no matter what Javascript settings the user has, while:
>
> exit("<script>window.location.href='login.php?page=$page</script>");
> relies on the visitor's browser understanding javascript (not such a
> big problem these days) and on them allowing JavaScript redirects
> (which can still be a problem)

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