how to use alert in php and js combined

Question

have a need to alert through php,
I have the code below. Problem is that it works as long as I dont use header redirect. But as soon as I use it..I loose alert.

echo "I will do some functions here in php";  
if($value == 1){  
alert('ok working');  
}  
header(location: 'someOtherpagethanthis.php');

BalusC · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-17 00:13:42Z

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A redirect instructs the browser to immediately fire a brand new request. The response body with the alert will be ignored. You may want to use JS instead to fire a new request after the alert.

if ($value == 1) {  
    alert('ok working');  
    window.location = 'someOtherpagethanthis.php';
}

edited Jun 17, 2010 at 0:13

answered Jun 16, 2010 at 23:50

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