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PHP

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
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Why isnt my page being redirected with the header function?

Hey, I'm trying to get my page to redirect if the user successfully adds something to a database. I'm using the header function to achieve this. However, its not working, even if the user was successful logging information to the database.

in my form, the action attr is given a page to go to. But I have a try catch block that attempts to redirect the user upon success. However, the action attr supersedes that header function to page I don't want directed to.

any ideas why the header function isnt working?

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/inc/head.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/inc/nav.php';
?>
<div class="container">
    <div class="well">
        <h2>Add a Music Record</h2>
        <form class="form-horizontal" method="post" action="procedures/addMusic.php">
          <div class="form-group">
    <label for="title" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Title</label>
    <div class="col-sm-10">
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="title" name="title" placeholder="Book Title" value="">
    </div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
    <label for="description" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Description</label>
    <div class="col-sm-10">
        <textarea name="description" class="form-control" rows="5" placeholder="Description of the book"></textarea>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
    <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-10">
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Add Book</button>
    </div>
</div>
        </form>
    </div>
</div>
<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/inc/footer.php';

<?php
function addBook($title, $description) {
    global $db;
    $ownerId = 0;

    try {
        $query = 'INSERT INTO books (name, description, owner_id) VALUES(:name, :description, :ownerId)';
        $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
        $stmt->bindParam(':name', $title);
        $stmt->bindParam(':description', $description);
        $stmt->bindParam(':ownerId', $ownerId);
        return $stmt->execute();
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        throw $e;
    }
}
?>


<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/../inc/bootstrap.php';




$bookTitle = $_POST['title'];
$bookDescription = $_POST['description'];


try {

    $newBook = addBook($bookTitle, $bookDescription);

    header('Location: books.php');

} catch (Exception $e){
    header('Location: add.php');
}

The information the user provides is being stored in the database. its just the redirect that isnt working