php header() help

eric90

Hi,

I am building a php web page, lets call them a.php and b.php.

In a.php, I have an include("b.php"); line. In b.php, after doing some operations, it redirects to a different website, (e.g. google.com or yahoo.com etc.) using header("Location: www.website.com");.

The problem I am facing is that for some reason, all of the formatting on the redirected website are messed up. Images don't show, stylesheets don't work, etc. I right click to view source code, and compared it with the website's original source code, and they are exactly identical. So what I don't get is how come identical source codes don't produce similar formatted websites?

How do I solve this problem?

Thanks,
Eric

laserlight

So what I don't get is how come identical source codes don't produce similar formatted websites?

With relative paths, an image at "./image.png" can be at very different locations on different websites.

eric90

I know that, but a.php doesn't really do much other than include(b.php). By using header() in b.php, wouldn't I be redirecting to a different site, thus relative links don't matter anymore?

Anyway, I have included codes for a.php and b.php below:

a.php:

<?php
$processed2 = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
include("http://www.website.com/b.php?t=" . $processed2[count($processed2)-1]);
?>

b.php:

<?php
//bunch of database connection stuff.
	if($totalRows_rs_linklist > 0){
		header("Location: " . $row_rs_linklist['originalURL']);
	}
?>

The redirect works, but the formatting is all messed up.

Please see this page for an example of what I am talking about:
http://www.lanthema.com/go/to/ppp

Original Site: http://easywatercar.com/2books.htm

If you compare the redirect site from the above URL to the original site, you will see what I mean.

Thanks,
Eric