php redirection not working

Question

Ive got this register script that puts the information into a mysql database. now it all works fine and when someone does something wrong its says the error (e.g. "Username not defined")

but when it goes wrong it does not look very good because it just displays the message on an empty page, so i thought i would make it redirect to the form page and display the message there.

here is the working script

$forename = $_POST['forename'];      
$surname = $_POST['surname'];       
$email = $_POST['email'];    
$password = $_POST['password'];    
$username = $_POST['username'];

$errors = array();

 if(!$username) {

    $errors[] = "Username is not defined";

 }

 if(!$password) {

    $errors[] = "Password is not defined";

 }

and it continues.

now i just thought i could do this

 $errors = array();

 if(!$username) {

    $errors[] = header( 'Location: http://localhost/muiltabledistractions/#!/page_register_error-Username-is-not-defined' ) ;

 }

 if(!$password) {

    $errors[] = "Password is not defined";

 }

but no, all it does is ignore it.

could someone please help me

please feel free to ask for more of the script if you need it

many thanks connor

Answer 1

You cannot wrap a header in a array like that.

You just call the function, then it redirects.

header( 'Location: http://localhost/muiltabledistractions/#!/page_register_error-Username-is-not-defined' ) ;