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header() refirect not working on Ajax Login

I am trying to login with ajax. The script is working well and I am getting logged in but I am not getting redirected to the dashboard.php file. Codes are given below. Please try to help me out.

Ajax call

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#submit").click(function() {
        var dataString = {
            username: $("#username").val(),
      password: $("#password").val(),
        };
    $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "login-process.php",
            data: dataString,
            cache: true,
      beforeSend: function(){
        $('#loading-image').show();
      },
      complete: function(){
        $('#loading-image').hide();
      },
      success: function(html){
        $('.message').html(html).fadeIn(500);
            }
        });
        return false;
    });
});
</script>

login-process.php

<?php
include'config/db.php';
$msg = null;
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

$uname  = (!empty($_POST['username']))?$_POST['username']:null;
$pass   = (!empty($_POST['password']))?$_POST['password']:null;

if($_POST){
    $stmt = "SELECT * FROM members WHERE mem_uname = :uname";
    $stmt = $pdo->prepare($stmt);
    $stmt->bindValue(':uname', $uname);
    $stmt->execute();
    $checklgn = $stmt->rowCount();
    $fetch = $stmt->fetch();

    if($checklgn > 0){
        if(password_verify($pass, $fetch['mem_pass'])){
            session_start();
            $_SESSION['sanlogin'] = $fetch['mem_id'];
            $msg = "<div class='message-success'>Access Granted! Please wait...</div>";
            $go_login = header("refresh:2; url=dashboard.php");
        }else{
            $msg = "<div class='message-error'>Password mismatch. Please try again!</div>";
        }
    }else{
        $msg = "<div class='message-error'>User not found. Please try again!</div>";
    }
}
echo $msg;
echo $go_login;
?>
about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
3 answers
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If you use AJAX to log in, you must use javascript to redirect. Redirecting PHP will only result in the AJAX call being redirected which doesn't produce the desired result.

In your success clause of the ajax request you can add window.location.replace("dashboard.php");

about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

In you ajax success:

use window.location.href="/uri/to/redirect";

setTimeout(function(){
    window.location.href="/uri/to/redirect";
},2000);
about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

You cannot use header PHP function in this situation. You should redirect in your $.ajax function like this:

1) You should return JSON in your login-process.php:

...

$result = array();
if($_POST){
    $stmt = "SELECT * FROM members WHERE mem_uname = :uname";
    $stmt = $pdo->prepare($stmt);
    $stmt->bindValue(':uname', $uname);
    $stmt->execute();
    $checklgn = $stmt->rowCount();
    $fetch = $stmt->fetch();

    if($checklgn > 0){
        if(password_verify($pass, $fetch['mem_pass'])){
            session_start();
            $_SESSION['sanlogin'] = $fetch['mem_id'];
            $result = array(
                'msg' => "<div class='message-success'>Access Granted! Please wait...</div>",
                'redirect' => 'dashboard.php',
            );
        }else{
            $result = array(
                'msg' => "<div class='message-error'>Password mismatch. Please try again!</div>",
            );
        }
    }else{
        $result = array(
            'msg' => "<div class='message-error'>User not found. Please try again!</div>",
        );
    }
}

echo json_encode($result);
exit;

2) You should add parameter dataType into your $.ajax call and process attribute redirect of the server answer (if this attribute exists):

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#submit").click(function () {
        var dataString = {
            username: $("#username").val(),
            password: $("#password").val(),
        };
        $.ajax({
            dataType: 'json', // <-- set expected dataType here
            type: "POST",
            url: "login-process.php",
            data: dataString,
            cache: true,
            beforeSend: function () {
                $('#loading-image').show();
            },
            complete: function () {
                $('#loading-image').hide();
            },
            success: function (data) {
                $('.message').html(data.message).fadeIn(500);

                // if we have attribute "redirect" in answer
                if(typeof data.redirect !== 'undefined'){
                    // redirect here after 2 seconds
                    setTimeout(function(){
                        document.location.href = data.redirect;
                    },2000);
                }

            }
        });
        return false;
    });
});
about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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