header location url not working in ipage - php

Question

I have built a login page for the admin panel,after succesful login the page will redirect to the dashboard.php.When am running in localhost it is working fine,session also working.But when I uploaded in Ipage the page is not redirecting,it is simply reloading the login page.
My session code is
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['user']) && isset($_SESSION['pass']))
{
header('Location: dashboard.php');
}
?>
The validation code and redirecting code
<?php
//session_start();
function login($username, $password)
{
$query = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username='$username' AND password='$password'";
$result = mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());
$num_row = mysql_num_rows($result);
if( $num_row == 1 )
{
while( $row=mysql_fetch_array($result) )
{
return true;//$_SESSION['userid'] = $row['userid'];
}
} else {
return false;
}
return true;
}
include("connect.php");
if (isset($_REQUEST['login'])){
$validLogin = login($_REQUEST['user'], $_REQUEST['pass']);
if ($validLogin)
{
$_SESSION['user'] =$_REQUEST['user'];
$_SESSION['pass'] = $_REQUEST['pass'];
header("Location: dashboard.php");
echo 'hi there';
} else
{
echo "<font color='white'><h1> Incorrect Details,Entry Prohibited :) </h1></font> ";
}
}
?>

Answer 1

<?php
ob_start();
?>
at first of line
if ($validLogin)
{
$_SESSION['user'] =$_REQUEST['user'];
$_SESSION['pass'] = $_REQUEST['pass'];
header("Location: dashboard.php");
exit;
} else
{
echo "<font color='white'><h1> Incorrect Details,Entry Prohibited :) </h1></font> ";
}

Answer 2

You can't do an echo after your header() . Uncomment it and add an exit as shown below.
if ($validLogin)
{
$_SESSION['user'] =$_REQUEST['user'];
$_SESSION['pass'] = $_REQUEST['pass'];
header("Location: dashboard.php");
//echo 'hi there'; //<------ Commented this
exit;// <---- Added exit
} else
{
echo "<font color='white'><h1> Incorrect Details,Entry Prohibited :) </h1></font> ";
}

Answer 3

Remove space after Location: and try following code
header("Location:dashboard.php");

Answer 4

Try using ob_clean
if ($validLogin)
{
ob_clean();// <---- Added this
$_SESSION['user'] =$_REQUEST['user'];
$_SESSION['pass'] = $_REQUEST['pass'];
header("Location: dashboard.php");
//echo 'hi there'; //<------ Commented this
exit;// <---- Added exit
} else
{
echo "<font color='white'><h1> Incorrect Details,Entry Prohibited :) </h1></font> ";
}
Edit: according to your comments on other posts, you disabled the session.. make sure it's enabled, both on login and dashboard page