If user types in URL, then redirect?

[zoobie]

Is there a way when the user types in the URL in his address bar host.com/me/xxx.php, he gets redirected?

host.com/me/xxx.php must work ok from a link, however.

Thanks 😃

[GSHelpBoy]

On the first page:

<?php
setcookie("last_page", $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>

On the second page:

<?php
if (!strstr($_COOKIE['last_page'], $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {
    print("Aha, I've caught you!");
}
?>

That won't work with Netscape, and I haven't tried it, it's off the top of my head, so it might not work.

[zoobie]

It still says "Aha, I've caught you!" even though I link-clicked from another site/page. :rolleyes:

[pnoeric]

maybe I'm missing something, but you can just write out an HTTP 'Location' header... this code will always transfer the user to the URL you specify:

<?php
header("Location: otherpage.php");
?>