Sending querystring w/ header function

amchargue

Hi all,

I'm having trouble with the header() function. I want to append a querystring to the end of the Location: url, but when I try to do that, my browser behaves as if it is searching for a nonexistent page (never gets an error). Works fine if I leave the querystring off.

//gives me nothing
header('Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php?pageID='.$pageID);

//works fine, but I want to display $pageID dammit!!!
header('Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php');

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Andy

sijis

header("Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=$pageID");

that should work just fine.

amchargue

No, that doesn't work for me. Again, it doesn't give me an error, the browser just behaves as if it's trying to open the page, but never does and keeps trying indefinitely. I'm rather confused by this. :mad: If I leave off the ?pageID=$pageID , then the page opens up right away.

amchargue

OK, more news: If I use a hard code value instead of $pageID, it works fine.

//does not work
header("Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=$pageID");

//works fine
header("Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=205");

????????

amchargue

Also tried

$hdr = "Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=$pageID";
header($hdr);

Got the same unfortunate result.

mahers

Can you try cocatenating it before calling the header() function? i.e.:

$loc = "Location: http://www.mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=".$pageID;
header($loc);

amchargue

Yes, tried that (see above - our posts must have been close together).

More info: If I create a php file with only the following in it, it works--

<?
$pageID = 205;
header("Location: http://mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=$pageID");
?>

But it doesn't work in the actual file where I'm trying to use it ??

The code there is:

$result = mysql_query($somesql,$db);
if (mysql_error()=="" && mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
      //set some vars etc.
} else {
      header("Location: http://www.mydomain.com/error.php?pageID=$pageID");
}

This code occurs in an included file by the way; I don't see why that would make a difference.
I'm not getting any "headers already sent" errors.

Also, I have verified that I do in fact get into that ELSE section.
And that $pageID exists.

amchargue

Realized that my server's PHP was a little old, 4.0.3, and tried it on my local machine which has 4.3.x -- same result 🙁