 <p>In javascript your redirect using <code>window.location.href</code>:</p> <pre><code>$('#start_session').click(function() { $('#message').load('start_session.php', function() { window.location.href = 'page2.php'; }); }); </code></pre> <p>And you should redirect when you have processed your php so I put it in the callback function.</p> <p>Note that you will not see the results that your php outputs because of the redirect so you should probably include that output in the next page.</p>