GT::CGI::redirect from within a template

Is it possible to call <%GT::CGI::redirect($someurl)%> from within a template? I'm having trouble getting that to work... Is it because it's too late to send HTTP headers at the top of a template file? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hi,

I would think so. The template parser is called after a print $IN->header or is out put after one.

In order to redirect, you'd need to make a script that handles that case, and doesn't print out those headers. Not sure which program you are using this in, so I can't give you any clues.

But if you know the script that is printing out your request, you can edit that script to not send standard headers. _Old_ versions of jump.cgi in Links used to show this pretty well.


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Thanks, pugdog. Actually it's DbMan SQL, so there's the one db.cgi script that handles the entire front end of things. I'll do a little poking around to see where it prints headers and maybe hack something there.

Is my syntax basically correct for using GT::CGI? Would that work if called prior to any HTTP headers being printed?

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It should work in LinksSQL (format wise), so I would say yes.

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Hi,

Like andy said, it should work, if you can "kill" the extra print headers command. Might take some trial and error to make work, or it might not work.

I don't have a copy of dbman to even suggest where/what to do.


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Hi hennagaijin,

why not just use meta tags:

meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/cgi-bin/script.cgi"

Regards

Niko

Yes, meta redirect tags are an option. The problem is that they're not as secure or reliable as doing the redirect server-side. But I suppose it's fine as a backup plan.

Thanks to all for the advice.

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Yes, it's too late to send headers by the time the template is parsed/printed. You need to send them before the template is done. You can just do:

print $IN->redirect("some url");

Cheers,

Alex
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