in reply to Redirecting Problem

Straight from the CGI docs: 

print $query->redirect('http://somewhere.else/in/movie/land');

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Re: Re: Redirecting Problem
by Rex(Wrecks) (Curate) on Aug 08, 2002 at 17:05 UTC
    Just as an FYI, I had the same issue as VFT when I was learning CGI. The print $query->redirect('http://somewhere') ; must not appear AFTER a print $query->header() ; as it IS your header.

    "Nothing is sure but death and taxes" I say combine the two and its death to all taxes!
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      Thanks, I'm so glad I am not the only one that's been through this! And thanks for letting me know it IS my header, which still sorta confuses me...does that mean I will no longer need print $query->header; , I just replace it with the redirect script you have?

      I installed it by deleting my other header print, but I ran into another problem. I am doing: 
      my $url;
$url = 'www.site.com';

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      But when I try $query->redirect('$url') ; it's trying to show me you can't use a scalar here. Is this true?

      Thanks so much!

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        Try using double quotes " instead of ' or don't use quotes at all. I.e., 
        print $query->redirect($url);

or

print $query->redirect("$url"); # unnecessary double quotes

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        Single quotes don't interpolate.
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        Hi VFT,

        Single quotes ( '' ) don't allow variable interpolation where as double quotes ( "" ) do. Here is an example: 
        
#!c:\perl\perl.exe -wT

use strict;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw( fatalsToBrowser );

my $q = new CGI;
my $url = "http://www.google.com";
print $q->redirect("$url");
print $q->header();

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        Hope this helps,

        -Katie.
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        a $query->redirect($url) should do the trick.
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        Do you mean  $query->redirect($url) maybe?

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