Redrict a button to another site.

[GrateZ4]

I have a problem, i'm trying to make so a button updates the name and also redricts to another website at the same time you press the button but it only updates the name and doesnt redrict me to the website.

</div><button onclick="window.location.href='/me'" style="float:right" type="submit" value="account" name="language" class="button red medium submit">I'm done, Continue!</button><br></br>

Maybe you guys have any idea how to make it update the php name and also redrict from the current site (language) to /me at the same time. The page just loads again if you click on the button.

Thanks,

[MentaL]

[The General]

onclick="window.location.href='/me'"

To:

onclick="window.location.href='http://somesite.com/me'"

???

[Mink]

You don't need the onclick attribute, you can just call a redirect header in your update script after the name has been updated.

<?php
// your update language code here
// if updated successfully { 
    header("Location: http://somesite.com/me");
    exit;
// }

[Droppy]

You don't need the onclick attribute, you can just call a redirect header in your update script after the name has been updated.

<?php
// your update language code here
// if updated successfully { 
    header("Location: http://somesite.com/me");
    exit;
// }

He ain't looking for an website redirection, he's looking for button redirection. Like an <a href.
@The General solution would be just fine.

[The General]

I think he wants to update something first (POST) and then redirecting. Then you could use the header location in PHP to redirect.

If OP could be more specific, that would be great.

[Mink]

I think he wants to update something first (POST) and then redirecting. Then you could use the header location in PHP to redirect.

If OP could be more specific, that would be great.

Yeah, that's what I got out of reading it too. Pretty unclear.

He ain't looking for an website redirection, he's looking for button redirection. Like an <a href.
@The General solution would be just fine.

Actually, it would be most appropriate to handle the request server-side because he is sending form data, hence the name attribute. That's the very reason why it's not redirecting to where he wants it to but is updating the name/language, because he is sending a form.

Consider the following (placeholder names, but you get the point):

<form method="post" action="update-script.php">
<button onclick="window.location.href='page-i-want.php'" type="submit" value="account" name="language">I'm done, Continue!</button>
</form> 

The onclick (redirect to page-i-want.php) is actually ignored, and instead goes to update-script.php. It would go where he wanted it to if he wasn't sending a form, but it would also not send his POST request. If you remove the form tags you can see this in action - it will go to "page-i-want.php", however it will not send any form data, therefore making his update name/language feature not work.

Sending a redirect header in his PHP script would be the best bet for getting it to do exactly what he wants.

[GrateZ4]

edited to hide code.

[Mink]

This is how it looks like. i want that after the user has been choosing a language he should press the button "I'm done, Continue". and the language2 in the database should update and also redrict from the page "Language" to the me page. but it doesnt do the both at the same time. Now i just changed the form method and added action="me". now it redricts but doesnt update the language. and if i take away the action="me" it will update and not redrict :o

In order to get it to do both, you're not going to need the action attribute nor the onclick on the button. Instead, you're going have to add a redirect header in the function that actually updates the language. Seeing as the code that actually does this is not in snippet you've posted here, I can't point out specifically where to do it. If you don't know where to put it exactly, feel free to post the corresponding code here so I can show you where it needs to go.

[GrateZ4]

In order to get it to do both, you're not going to need the action attribute nor the onclick on the button. Instead, you're going have to add a redirect header in the function that actually updates the language. Seeing as the code that actually does this is not in snippet you've posted here, I can't point out specifically where to do it. If you don't know where to put it exactly, feel free to post the corresponding code here so I can show you where it needs to go.

There ya go :o

[Mink]

I would assume that the first snippet you posted was of from the /language page, considering that you said upon filling out the form they get sent back to the same page. The header defined in the function is doing just that, sending you back to /language when the user's language is succesffully updated.

It's an easy fix. Replace:

header('Location: '.$_CONFIG['hotel']['url'].'/language'); 

with:

header('Location: '.$_CONFIG['hotel']['url'].'/me'); 

That should do the trick.

[GrateZ4]

I would assume that the first snippet you posted was of from the /language page, considering that you said upon filling out the form they get sent back to the same page. The header defined in the function is doing just that, sending you back to /language when the user's language is succesffully updated.

It's an easy fix. Replace:

header('Location: '.$_CONFIG['hotel']['url'].'/language'); 

with:

header('Location: '.$_CONFIG['hotel']['url'].'/me'); 

That should do the trick.

Yea i see, thanks for making me understand ;). Close thread