passing a url in a url...

[glennn1137]

i'm having trouble doing what my subject line says...

../webpage.php?variable=1&return=www.webpage.com/thanks.html"

why won't this work, and how can i make it work?

thanks ya'll...

glenn

[crosbystillsnas]

did you try to urlencode($thewholething)?

[glennn1137]

actualy, it goes at the end of a script and i don't know nuthin' 'bout urlencode:

mysql_query($query);
header("Refresh: 0;url=https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&bn=wa_dw_3.0.4&business=[e-mail]&item_name=Cars&item_number=".$clientID."&undefined_quantity=0&no_shipping=0&no_note=0&amount=".$amount);
}
?>

this works until i stick paypals return variable in there...

[crosbystillsnas]

try something like this:

$goto = "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&bn=wa_dw_3.0.4&business=[e-mail]&item_name=Cars&item_number=".$clientID."&undefined_quantity=0&no_shipping=0&no_note=0&amount=".$amount;

header("Refresh: 0;url=".urlencode($goto).");

hope it helps...

[glennn1137]

i will, thanks.

and actually, they stole your "handyoung". that's gotta hurt...

[crosbystillsnas]

thats a good one 🙂

btw, i tried the script, doesnt work with me either 🙁
anyway it should be

header("Refresh: 0;url=".urlencode($goto));

without the last dot&quotation.

actually i dont know too much about headers. what are trying to do. if you want to redirect the user to another page, choose location="http://" instead of url... that would work as i found out.

[glennn1137]

they both work, Location: and Refresh:, until i put a second url as a variable in there... it's likely just a syntax problem...

[crosbystillsnas]

whats the error message then?

[glennn1137]

no error message - the submit button is on another page and refers to a .php page with the script; when i submit it just calls the php page in the address bar...

[crosbystillsnas]

but its url: instead of url=... ?!

[glennn1137]

header("Refresh: 0;url=https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&bn=wa_dw_3.0.4&business=[e-mail]&item_name=Cars&item_number=".$clientID."&undefined_quantity=0&no_shipping=0&no_note=0&amount=".$amount);