Blank page until its loaded

Put this near the top of the head section <!– CAUSE PAGE TO FADE IN ONCE LOADED – 1ST PART –> <style> body { display: none; } </style> <!– LOAD JQUERY LIBRARIES –> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!–Should be first script imported/first script on the page–> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.9/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" media="all" /> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.9/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> Put […]

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Close Browser Window

PHP is executed at the server-side and thus does not know about clients, browsers or windows of those browsers. Some options though: Close button Close using java script

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Do not cache page

  <?php //SET PAGE TO NOT BE CACHED header("Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"); // HTTP 1.1. header("Pragma: no-cache"); // HTTP 1.0. header("Expires: 0"); // Proxies    

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Get Page URI / URL

Get just the domain name $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] gives you the domain name through which the current request is being fulfilled Get site URL Get full page URL (domain name + page + any arguments) Page URL (With Arguments) Stripping Page URL Getting URL without the arguments Getting just the URL arguments Will get everything after the […]

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Getting URL Arguments

Get an argument GET only using $_GET POST only using $POST GET or POST using $_REQUEST Did GET or POST occur Example GET URL Start with an ‘?’, then separate other values with an ‘&’ To read: Example For POST Parameters Sanitise Them!!! htmlentities() converts things like < > ” \ etc into HTML strings like […]

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Redirect and Reload

Before outputting page content Note this must be before any html headers are sent (i.e. in php code before html output) Redirect to a new page Reload the current page The php header function Redirect with check you’re not already on target page If you’ve outputted some page content Using a META tag is the […]

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Reload page

Reload the current page Form reloads current page Link reloads current page Reload current page but with post values stripped Using javascript Periodic Refresh

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