anyone willing to help?

jaysinism

Hi,
I just joined these forums today. I need some help on a php script I have been working on. Basicly I've been trying to re-create the same thing that http://imchaos.net/ Simple List does
I have found a script similar to what it does and I can get it to log the visitors but I cant's get it to redirect and disply the results of the log. I do have some example URLS that I have been tesing it with. if anyone might want to try to help me out with making it work correctly I will post them. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
Jaysin

cgraz

Sure, that's what these forums are here for. Just post your question and what's going on along with some code, or whatever you think is necessary to help. You don't need to ask if anyone can help. On occasion posts go unanswered, but usually someone will be able to help.

Cgraz

jaysinism

Ok
Here is the code I have on the inital page that logs a visit:
<?php

$redirect = "http://" . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_HOST'] .
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'];
$redirect = substr($redirect, 0, strrpos($redirect, "/"));

if (isset($GET['my_sn']))
{
$my_sn = $GET['my_sn'];
if ($fp = fopen("visitors", 'a'))
{
if (!isset($GET['sn']))
$visitor = "lurker";
else
$visitor = $GET['sn'];

    $date = strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y at %H:%M:%S %Z");
			$ip = getenv ("REMOTE_ADDR"); 

    fwrite($fp,
        "$visitor visited on $date via $my_sn from $ip.\n");
    fclose($fp);
}
else {
    print "<html><head>\n";
    print "<title>x.php Error</title>\n";
    print "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"2;url=$redirect\">\n";
    print "</head>\n";
    print "<body bgcolor=\"red\">\n";
    print "<h1>x.php Error</h1>\n";
    print "<p>\n";
    print "Error opening SN log file. Check to make sure it exists and\n";
    print "is writeable by the webserver.\n";
    print "</p>\n";
    print "<p>\n";
    print "You should probably let $my_sn know about this.\n";
    print "</p></body></html>\n\n";
    exit;
}

}

header("Location: $redirect");

The URL to get to that page is
http://jaysin.us/aim/x.php?sn=%n&my_sn=Jaysinism
but that URL is the one that logs the visit
then I want to script to redirect to display the log in a nice format
currently the page rediredts to a form if you type "visitors" in the form and press the button it will show the log I hope all this makes sense and will provide enough information for someone to help me thanks
Jaysin

jaysinism

when someone clicks on that link inside the AIM info window it opens a browser window logs the hit then redirects to
http://jaysin.us/aim and that the form I'm talking about, what I'm trying to get to happen is when someone clicks on that link it logs the hit then redirects in the same window as the AIM info just like Im chaos.net does it, what type of modifications to the code do I need to make to make it redirect inside the same window and display the log results?
Jaysin

cgraz

Not sure I understand your problem. I visited the link, i got redirected to teh form, then typed in visitors and submitted. It took me to a page that showed me the results of the log. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is. You just want to format the log?

Cgraz

jaysinism

I'm putting the link inside my buddy info and I just want it to redirect to display the log in a nice format within the IM info window. just like imchaos.net does. I hope that clarifys it.

cgraz

ok. What i'd do is redirect directly to the log. Cause this is all happening within the info screen, right?

So they click to enter, then get redirected automatically to

http://jaysin.us/aim/index.php?i=visitors

and the log should display within their info box.

Cgraz

jaysinism

$redirect = "http://jaysin.us/aim/index.php?i=visitors" . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_HOST'] .
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'];
$redirect = substr($redirect, 0, strrpos($redirect, "/"));

so is that what it should look like in the code?

cgraz

well all you really need to do is allow them to see the log since they've already been logged. so use the header() function

header("Location: [url]http://jaysin.us/aim/index.php?i=visitors[/url]");

Just make sure you don't output anything to the browser before calling this function or you will get a "headers already sent" error.

Cgraz

jaysinism

I'm not sure I understand how that works. Where would I put that in the code?
I tried just putting that at the end and replacing the exsisting header function at the bottom but that doesn't seem to do it correctly

cgraz

ehh the forum parsed the url. Should be

header("Location: http://jaysin.us/aim/index.php?i=visitors");

Just log all you rinfo into the textfile (or however you're storing), then right below it call the header() function as long as you haven't outputted anythign to the browser.

Cgraz

jaysinism

Yay Now it works OK opening inside a new browser window just how I want it to work.
Now I just need to figure out how to get it to display inside the same window the link was clicked in the "Buddy info" window
I commented out the
#$redirect = "http://" . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_HOST'] .

$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'];

#$redirect = substr($redirect, 0, strrpos($redirect, "/"));
in the begining of the script
and I'm assuming that this part of the script
else {
print "<html><head>\n";
print "<title>x.php Error</title>\n";
print "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"2;url=$redirect\">\n";
print "</head>\n";
print "<body bgcolor=\"red\">\n";
print "<h1>x.php Error</h1>\n";
print "<p>\n";
print "Error opening SN log file. Check to make sure it exists and\n";
print "is writeable by the webserver.\n";
print "</p>\n";
print "<p>\n";
print "You should probably let $my_sn know about this.\n";
print "</p></body></html>\n\n";
exit;
was used to format the log or create a redirect page? The script must not be using this part and just skipping over it?