Strange code problem

[Anon]

I use payflow link for sales on my site. It is getting complicated because I have a portion of the site which uses usernames and passwords for a fixed fee and I have different products for sale. Payflow link will only return to one URL. I can't return product buyers to my login screen so I tried to redirect according to the description variable returned by payflowlink.

But this first if statement is being ignored. I check my hidden input fields and "handbook" is there. But PHP ignores the redirect and executes the second if statement. Any ideas what could be causing this?

if ( $DESCRIPTION == "handbook" )
header( "Location: /confirmation.php" );
if ( $DESCRIPTION != "5ANTM30" )
header( "Location: /cecredit/anti/registration.php" );

[toma42]

you should ALWAYS put an exit() after a header('location') call. Try that. Chaning the $DESCRIPTION's case may help too...such as converting to uppercase before your ifs.

[Anon]

Exit() terminates the current script. Do I put is around the entire if statement or just the Location call?

[Anon]

your if statement should look like this:

if($DESCRIPTION == "handbook")
{
header("Location: /confirmation.php");
exit();
}