PHP Help

[Trigs]

Is it possible to set a page to redirect but with code before it in PHP? The only way I know of is using header(); but I need to specify a variable first. I don't want the redirect to show up in source either so no JS or HTML redirects.

Edit by Robbie! (Forum Moderator) - Moved to Coding. Please post in the corerct section next time.

[Trinity]

You can do whatever you want before the header(), as long as there's no output.
So specifying the variable shouldn't be affected.

[Calon]

<?php
echo 'hi lawl!!!!!!!!2';
header( 'Location: http://www.ggg.com/' );

// The above won't work.

header( 'Location: http://www.ggg.com/' );
echo 'hi lawl!!!!!!!!!!2'; // Remember, this won't be shown anyway.

// Will work, you can escape outputs easily with if statements etc.

if( $variable !== 'null' )
{
echo 'hi lawl!!!!!!!!!!2';
}
else 
{
header( 'Location: http://www.ggg.com/' );
}
?>

[Trigs]

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks and +rep

[Calon]

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks and +rep

Glad I could help.

[Source]

<?php

echo "Single quotes are normally for 1 word strings";
header( "location:http://blah.com/" );

//the above won't work

header( "location:http://www.ggg.com/" );
echo "Single quotes are normally for 1 word strings";

// won't work as the page is terminated after the headers are sent
// you can however do it this way

if( $variable !== NULL ) {
     echo "somethingbing";
} else  {
     header( "location:http://www.ggg.com/" );
}

?>

Welcome to the world of indentation calon, ref strings/variables I always think its better to use "" on strings with more than a single word etc, I may be mis-informed. Location though, does not have a capitol L and looks extremly messy.

[Jackboy]

Na, I disagree Matt

Personal preference. I use two ' when It's plain text/html. I barely use "".

But yeh personal prefs

[Source]

But surely in situations

echo "Hello there {$name}, how are you? Today is {$today}";

its better than

echo 'Hello there ' . $name . ' how are you? Today is ' . $today ;

[Jxhn]

Na, I disagree Matt

Personal preference. I use two ' when It's plain text/html. I barely use "".

But yeh personal prefs

Could be a security risk. If you don't use ENT_QUOTES with htmlspecialchars then they remain the same, so if you have BBCode then users can add their own attributes, such as onMouseOver.

I've always put a capital L on Location, I thought that was normal.

[Jackboy]

Could be a security risk. If you don't use ENT_QUOTES with htmlspecialchars then they remain the same, so if you have BBCode then users can add their own attributes, such as onMouseOver.

I've always put a capital L on Location, I thought that was normal.

Lol I was talking about html output as in the html I DO, not what the user does. Thanks though babes.