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Leonidus
Leonidus

Reputation: 448

Closing a php page automatically upon execution

When I Click on a link it Redirects me to a php page whose main objective is to save data into MySQL but nothing more than that. So I want this page to close by itself once it is done saving the data in to the database. How can I do that ? any pointers would be great.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 397

Answers (4)

Cryszon
Cryszon

Reputation: 387

Unless you're talking about a genuine popup (and with tabbed browsing and mobile devices these days, who knows how the page is viewed) I think the best method would be to redirect to another page after execution by using header("Location:http://www.mysite.com/done.php");. Preferably something that tells the user if the execution was successful.

Upvotes: 0

Joseph at SwiftOtter
Joseph at SwiftOtter

Reputation: 4321

First, remember that PHP is a server-side language, and has completely nothing to do with the browser. It will only output code to the browser that will be interpreted by the browser. Javascript is what interacts with the browser.

However, to let you know, using Javascript, you won't be guaranteed that the function will actually execute for a variety of reasons, namely that the browser usually confirms with the user whether the user is okay with the window being closed.

Here is the code:

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.close();
</script>

Upvotes: 2

ObiWanKenobi
ObiWanKenobi

Reputation: 96

put this Code at the end of your page. When this script is executed your tab will be closed.

<script type="text/javascript">
window.close();
</script>

Upvotes: 3

Aditya M P
Aditya M P

Reputation: 5337

You could the Javascript window.close method to do that, this is not a job for PHP.

Upvotes: 0

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