How do I redirect to another URL after I already specified an html header?

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I have a CGI program that uses cookies to maintain store session information. In order to send the cookie, I have to send it as part of the header information. The cgi program then takes and processes form variables. After that, I want to have the cgi program redirect to another URL. Is there a way to do this after a header has been specified.?

print "Location: http://nameofurl\n\n";
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<-Does not work since the header was already specified. The header looks like this -

$cookie = $cgimain->cookie(-name  => CGISESSID,
                           -value => $session->id,
                           -path  => '/',
                           -expires  => '+2h',
                          );

print $cgimain->header(-cookie => [$cookie] );
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Re: How do I redirect to another URL after I already specified an html header? by borisz (Canon) on Jun 08, 2004 at 00:16 UTC
_Instead_ of printing your headers out, do all at once. Since I do not use the CGI module, it may work a little different, but this is the way to go. `print $cgimain->redirect( -Location => 'http://nameofurl' -nph => 1, -status => 302, -cookies => $cookie );` [download] Boris	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I redirect to another URL after I already specified an html header? by eXile (Priest) on Jun 08, 2004 at 00:53 UTC
Assuming you can't get your `$cgimain`-object to print additional headers, you could use an http-equiv meta-thingie in your html code: `<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL="http://www.emileaben.com/"> </head> <body></body> </html>` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]