How to force loading of another web page?

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I've been working on an account creation page. The code is working fine but I would like to take the user to a different page upon success or failure to create the account. I put some // RIGHT HERE ect.. comments in the code for where i would like to open and display a new page. Once i get this part of the script done all i have to do is figure out how to automatically send an email and i'm done.

What is the command to display a different web page?

here is the code

<?php
if ($submit) {

// Strip invalid Characters(spaces ect..)
$uname = str_replace(" ", "", $uname);
$address= str_replace(" ", "", $address);
$uname = trim ($uname);	
$address = trim ($address);	

// Make sure the username and email or not blank
if(strlen($uname) == 0) {
echo "<br><p><font color=red>Username cannot be blank!</font></p>";
exit;
}

if(strlen($address) == 0) {
echo "<br><p><font color=red>Email address cannot be blank!</font></p>";
exit;
}


// Connect to the database
$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root");
mysql_select_db("basmentIM",$db);

    // Check for Account existence
    $sql = "SELECT Count(*) FROM Accounts WHERE Username='$uname' OR Email='$address'";
        $result = mysql_query($sql);

        if ($result==0) {


	// Generate Password
	$newpass=Random_Password(8);

	// Insert New Record
	$sql = "INSERT INTO Accounts (Username, Password, Email, Active) VALUES ('$uname', '$newpass','$address',0)";
	$result = mysql_query($sql);

	// Print the Success Info and email the User
// RIGHT HERE I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THE USER A DIFFERENT WEBPAGE UPON SUCCESS

	echo "<p><b><font color=blue> Success -- Account created!</font><b><br> Your username is: <b>$uname</b> <br> Your password is: <b>$newpass</b><br>An email has been sent to with with a link to activate your account.<p>";

	} else {
// RIGHT HERE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE USER TO A NEW PAGE TO SHOW FAILURE

	// Tell the user the email or username already exists
	echo "<br><p><font color=red>Account username/email already exists!</font></p>";


	}
}

?>

<?php
	function Random_Password($length) {
	srand(date("s"));
	$possible_charactors = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890";
	$string = "";
	while(strlen($string)<$length) {
	$string .= substr($possible_charactors,(rand()%(strlen($possible_charactors))),1);
}
return($string);
}
?>

[mogster]

If you're gonna use the header-location function to redirect, you'll need to finish the error checking prior to echoing any html, and instead store the values in the var $error for print AFTER the eventual header()-sentence.

<?php
## Functions ##
function Random_Password($length) {
srand(date("s"));
$possible_charactors = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890";
$string = "";
while(strlen($string)<$length) {
$string .=  substr($possible_charactors,(rand()%(strlen($possible_charactors))),1);
}
return($string);
}

if ($submit) {
// Strip invalid Characters(spaces ect..)
$uname = str_replace(" ", "", $uname);
$address= str_replace(" ", "", $address);
$uname = trim ($uname);    

$address = trim ($address);    

// Make sure the username and email or not blank
if(strlen($uname) == 0) {
$error = $error . "<br><p><font color=red>Username cannot be blank!</font></p>";
}

if(strlen($address) == 0) {
$error = $error . "<br><p><font color=red>Email address cannot be blank!</font></p>";
}
// Connect to the database
$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root");
mysql_select_db("basmentIM",$db);
// Check for Account existence
$sql = "SELECT Count(*) FROM Accounts WHERE Username='$uname' OR Email='$address'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if ($result != 0) {
$error = $error . "<br><p><font color=red>Account username/email already exists!</font></p>";
}
if(empty($error) {
// Generate Password
$newpass=Random_Password(8);
// Insert New Record
$sql = "INSERT INTO Accounts (Username, Password, Email, Active) VALUES ('$uname', '$newpass','$address',0)";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
// redirect
header("Location:success.php");
} else {
// Failed!
echo $error;
}
}
?>

NB! Untested code, must be checked before exec!

knutm 😉

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Thanks for the reply but i got it working now... but i do have another question? How do i pass variables to another page?