PHP header Location Force URL change in address bar

Question

I have a new webpage but the problem is that when the header redirects the page, the URL at the address bar is not changed. But the header("location: ...") at logout.php works and redirects the page successfully with a URL change.

Here's my code for the redirection that doesn't change the URL:

// some other stuff not shown

$sql = "SELECT * FROM $user_table WHERE email = '$myemail' AND password = '$mypassword'";
$login_result = mysql_query($sql, $connection);

$count = mysql_num_rows($login_result);

if ($count == 1) {

    // Successfully verified login information

    session_start();

    if (!isset($_SESSION['is_logged_in'])) {
        $_SESSION['is_logged_in'] = 1;
    }

    if (!isset($_SESSION['email'])) {
        $_SESSION['email'] = $myemail;
    }
    if (!isset($_SESSION['password'])) {
        $_SESSION['password'] = $mypassword;
    }

    // Register user's name and ID
    if ((!isset($_SESSION['name'])) && (!isset($_SESSION['user_id'])))  {
        $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($login_result);
        $_SESSION['name'] = $row['name'];
        $_SESSION['user_id'] = $row['user_id'];
    }

    header("Location: http://localhost:8080/meet2eat/index.php");

} else {
    // Not logged in. Redirect back to login page
    header("Location: http://localhost:8080/meet2eat/php/login.php?err=1");

I am using jQuery Mobile. and have made sure that there are no outputs in my *server_login.php* before the header redirect.

Answer 1

Just change this:

header("Location : blabla")
                ^
                |
           (whitespace)

To:

header("Location: blabla")

I hope this helps you.