# Simulating a Redirect
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simulating-a-redirect/288788
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [May 21, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simulating-a-redirect/288788 "2009-05-21T00:11:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simulating-a-redirect/288788/1 "2009-05-21T00:11:41Z")
I have a form that when submitted sends an email, and stores the user’s information in a database. If the submit is successful I would like to send users to a “Thank You” page that has the appropriate look and feel of the website. I can’t use a header() function since the headers would already have been sent on the PHP script page. Is there another approach I can use?
```auto
if(@mail($to, $subject, $body, $header))
{
header( 'Location: http://www.mydowmain.com/_test/thankyou.html' ) ;
//print ('Your Message Has Been Sent.
Thank You for Signing our Guestbook.
');
//print("Return to the form
");
} else {
print ('Output Error: Please be sure to fill in all form fields.
');
print("Return to the form");
}
} else {
print ('Error! Form variables not received. Please be sure to fill in all form fields.
');
print("Return to the form");
}
```