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[venomx]

Hey all I got a small question...

Is there a way to do

<? header("location: http://www.zurax.com/search2.html");?>

in a .shtml file?

I want to do this in my 404 error page... so it sends them to my search site instead. Right now I have a dozen or so sites using a static page but when I need to make changes its a pain editing all of them....

[biggulp]

I don't think SSI allows you to send HTTP headers, but you can always add a meta redirect or some javascript.

<META
HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="10;URL=http://www.domain.com">

[jjmac78]

I created this function for that purpose:

function redirect($page){
echo "<script>{window.location='" . $page . "'}</script>";
echo '<center><br><br>If the page does not redirect in a few seconds, <a href="' . $page . '">click here</a>.</center><br><br>';
die();
}

It uses javascript, and if the user has javascript disabled it simply publishes a links directing them to 'click here' if the page does not redirect.

I did this because i was tired of messing with the headers and the fact you cant have outputted aything to the browser after a header redirect.