Simple PHP help

AndrewP

Hi,

Have an mainly HTML based site and just looking for some simple code so that users can access specific parts of the site.

EG. They enter some txt into a form eg "Andrew" and the site redirects them to Andrew.htm.

Can build the form but just need the code the other end. That simple. Any help much appreciated?

Thanks

jpmoriarty

assuming that your text box has the name "direct" and that your form is POSTing the data, then you could use this:

<?
if(!empty($_POST['direct']))
{
    $location = $_POST['direct'];
    header("Location:$location.htm");
}
else
  header("Location:form.htm");
?>

bare in mind that headers must must must be sent before any html is sent to the page - ie before <html>, before a space character, before anything!

stolzyboy

yes they must, must, must be sent before any html, unless you have

ob_start();

at the top of the page