switch

[FourthChapter]

Hi all, i've written the following code:

<?php 

if(!$name)
{ header("index.php?id=02b&mess=1"); exit(); }
if ($password == "0")
{ header("index.php?id=02b&mess=2"); exit(); }

  switch ($mess) {
       case "1": $message = '6.00';
       break;
       case "2": $message = '6.00';
       break;
       case "3": $message = '6.00';
       break;
       case "4": $message = '15.00';
       break;
       case "5": $message = '15.00';
       break;
       case "6": $message = '15.00';
       break;
       case "7": $message = '15.00';
       break;
   } 
	  switch ($type) {
       case "1": $stypesig = '1.15';
       break;
       case "2": $stypesig = '2.00';
       break;
       case "3": $stypesig = '2.75';
       break;
       case "4": $stypesig = '3.50';
       break;
       case "5": $stypesig = '4.00';
       break;
       case "6": $stypesig = '4.50';
       break;
       case "7": $stypesig = '5.00';
       break;
   }
	  switch ($transfer) {
       case "1": $transfer2 = 'No Transfer';
       break;
       case "2": $transfer2 = 'From Current Account';
       break;
       case "3": $transfer2 = 'From External Account';
       break;
   }
?>

but the top bit:

if(!$name)
{ header("index.php?id=02b&mess=1"); exit(); }
if ($password == "0")
{ header("index.php?id=02b&mess=2"); exit(); }

does not display the text after the script, can any obne help me. and the switches dont work? does any one know why??

thanks very much in advanced

Matt

[CaptianChaos]

if(!$name)
{ header("index.php?id=02b&mess=1"); exit(); }
if ($password == "0")
{ header("index.php?id=02b&mess=2"); exit(); }

These are not valid headers. There may be more wrong with the script, but this is the first thing I see... change the above portion to this:

if(!$name)
{ header("Location: index.php?id=02b&mess=1"); exit(); }
if ($password == "0")
{ header("Location: index.php?id=02b&mess=2"); exit(); }

[alanzhao]

Should it be header("Location: index.ph?xxx=xxx");

[CaptianChaos]

I have no idea what it should be.

The point is:

header("http://www.whatever.com/");

is wrong. You have to have Location in front like this:

header("Location: http://www.whatever.com/");

[FourthChapter]

Hey people, i've got the switches to work now, and ive replaced the code with:

if(!$name)
{ header("Location: index.php?id=02b&mess=1"); exit(); }
if ($password == "0")
{ header("Location: index.php?id=02b&mess=2"); exit(); }

This code is at the top of a page, if both $name and $password are satisfied, then the rest of the page is shown, but if they are not, it does not display the pages

index.php?id=02b&mess=1
or
index.php?id=02b&mess=2

it just displays a blank page. Could this be to do with the exit(); at the end, or becsue its not executing all the code?

Thanks Very Much

Matt

[drawmack]

I don't think you have to explicitly exit the script when you give it a redirect in the headers. Try removing the exits and see what happens. Another thing to consider is if those pages display anything when you call them directly.

[CaptianChaos]

I can see that you're trying to debug the problem, so by all means, try everything. Once you figure it out, though, I would be catious about removing the exit command.

header("Location: somepage.html");

by itself is simply a piece of information sent to the browser. Code will continue to execute after that command. If the user's browser ignores the header, he can get the rest of the output from the script.

exit after header is a good idea in this case.