Redirect with Timer in PHP?

Question

How can I make a redirect with PHP after say 10 seconds...

I have read alot about it, seems like it would be better with javascript. But PHP would save me alot of co

Answer 1

I managed to do it with a simple function on PHP

function RedirectToURL($url, $waitmsg = 0.4)
{
    header("Refresh:$waitmsg; URL= $url");
    exit;
}

and you call from your PHP for waiting 2 seconds before redirect. Note that $waitmsg = 0.4 is used for defining the default value.

RedirectToURL("http://website.php", 2);

If you want to redirect after a form submit, you can try

if(isset($_POST['submitted']))
{
       echo '


Sucess. Thanks for contribution.
';
       RedirectToURL("http://thewebsiteilookforaftersubmit", 2); // I want to wait 2 seconds and not 0.4 as defined by default
}