please help me

[vrpvrp]

hi,please help me.i am trying to print an alert box using the following code,but the page is redirecting to myaccount.php before the java script execution.
here is the code:
{
print "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
print "alert('request sent')";
print "</script>";
}header("Location:myaccount.php");

if i do the following,i am able to print the javascipt alert.

{
print "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
print "alert('request sent')";
print "</script>";
}
//header("Location:myaccount.php");
seems the php gets exectingbefore the javascript code.
i want to print alert box ,then the page should be redirected..please help me!

[landi]

Hi,
The first 3 print statements write some javascript to your browser. It will be executed when the browser decides, and since it doesn't look like a valid HTML page, it may not be executed at all.

The header is a command to the browser to change pages. The only surprising thing is that usually you can't output anything (via print) before sending a header(), or the header doesn't work. Maybe you have some buffering...

My suggestions: use javascript to alert() and then redirect:
a) a write a proper HTML page (maybe you just didn't show this for clarity)
b) Use the javascript as you have it, without the header() function
c) Add this to the javascript:

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document.location = "myaccount.php"; // javascript redirection

Then the redirect will happen after the alert.

BTW, you know you don't have to use print to output javascript? e.g. these two lines of php produce the same output:

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print <script type="text/javascript\">";

?>   <script type="text/javascript"> <? 
 

Hope that helps
- A