[RESOLVED] Help! Custom URL!

[Seeo]

hello
where can I get a long url to custom url script like sturly.com, doiop.com or fhurl.com ?

please help me!

or is it easy to create one ?

please help me !

[mina_gabriel84]

to u want to have a domain name or what i cant get it ?

[Seeo]

Well, I want to make some Custom URLS like they do, but in my own server, So I'm searching for a script that can do that.....Long URL to Custom URL a script...

Well I kinda have a script that lets me do it, but the problem is that when it redirects it shows something like this " redirecting to target page ", I want to remove it, I don't want a timer like that..but how can I do that? I don't have that much php knowledge..so can somebody please help me?

Well in that script here are the files, so which file do I have to look into,

config_sample.php
forgotpwd.php
index.php
install.php
login.php
password.php
profile.php
utils.php

This script is called brokenscript, it's free and it's available in the internet, so can anybody please help me with this? plz

[dougal85]

are you looking for mod_rewrite?

[Seeo]

I jst need a script that allows me to make a long url to custom url....I'm a total n00b...plz help!! I don't knw whether it's mod_rewrite or not...so can anybody hhelp me...plz

[mina_gabriel84]

if u need to put any details in u r URL u can do the following
if u have a file called user.php and u wanna attach the user name and age of that user u do the following
<?php
header("location: user.php?username=minagabriel,age=25");
?>
notice that it will be a link or somthing
and u can use the get function in the user.php script to get the values like so
$GET[username];
$GET[age];
i am not sure if i help or not ? cause thats what i have undestod so far from u

[Seeo]

I'm sorry that people are having difficulty in understanding me, I will try my best to clarify my problem...

Well I want a script that makes any long url to a custom url, something like http://doiop.com

I have a script that lets me redirect to the page, but it keeps showing a timer that it is redirecting to this page and bla bla, but what I really want to do is automatically redirect without any timer or anything, But I don't know how to do it because I don't know any Php knowledge and I don't know which php file to look into ....the script that I have is called 'brokenscript' and the files that I have are above.... So which php file do I have to edit and which part do I have to edit to make a redirection without any timers or anything ?

somebody please get me? help me with this plz

[dougal85]

You would have to own the domain name.

[Seeo]

dougal85 wrote:

You would have to own the domain name.

What do u mean? I don't get it...

I have a domain ....and all I want is to make that script work as a subcategory in my domain

[dougal85]

a subdomain?

Say you own www.example.com

do you want something like; sectiom.domain.com? or what?

If that's what you want, its a sub domain.

[Seeo]

yes, I own domain and hosting , but currently I'm trying the script with freehostia... to make sure that I don't mess up...in da real thin..

Here is the script in my freehostia
http://doiop.com/my_domain

Go to that link, Enter some target URL and a Custom URL, For Example my target URL is ' http://www.google.com' and i add a custom tag, 'google' , then it generates a link like this , ' http://mydomain.com/?google'

Now go to the generated link, the problem is that it shows a redirecting page before it shows google's homepage, that's what I want to get rid of...Is there any way to get rid of this "Redirecting to target page." page, I want it to directly redirect without showing a page which says that it is going to redirect to this page....

Also I have another problem with the link generated, For Example the generated link looks like this ' http://mydomain.com/?google' , I want to remove that question mark, so the link generated looks something like this 'http://mydomain.com/google' or if it is not possible to remove the '?' I want to add a '/' after google so the link generated looks something like this ' http://mydomain.com/?/google'

So here is my question?
Is there anyway to get rid of the redirecting page and is there anyway to remove that question mark or to add a '/' after question mark ?
I have the script and I have also listed the files that I have with the script, I don't know which file to edit or modify, that's why I cannot give the script directly, ...So please help me? plz

[halojoy]

the problem is that it shows a redirecting page before it shows google's homepage, that's what I want to get rid of

Well, just remove it .. somewhere you have a display
😃 😃
... but as I can not see your code, how can I advice you

http://onoredone.freehostia.com/bs/?geegle

regars, I think 😉
halojoy

[halojoy]

just a guess
but maybe this line of code
has got something to do with it
<div class="okmsg"><br>Redirecting to target page.<br>If redirect does not happen within 0 seconds, please click on the link below.<br><br><a href="http://www.google.se/">http://www.google.se/</a></div>

Otherwise a little hint:
echo = display in PHP

halojoy of http://www.google.se/

[Seeo]

halojoy wrote:

... but as I can not see your code, how can I advice you

yea, that's the problem, I'm unable to give the code because I don't know which code to give, there are so many php files...and that's why I listed the files, ... so somebody might knw which php file to extract the code from..so any ideas?

I think it's the "index.php" file, here is a part of index.php file...

Well, from the admin panel, there is a part called, Redirect Delay and Show Preview, Here is the settings that I currently use, Redirect Delay = 0, and Show Preview is set to 'No', but yet it shows a page before redirecting....

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// redirection related processing (case where preview_on set to "N")
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if(!strstr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], "act") && 
  !strstr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], "page") && 
  $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] != "" &&
  $preview_on != "Y") {

  print "<link href=\"./style/styles.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\">";

  mysql_connect($db_host, $db_login, $db_pwd) or die("Cannot connect to DB!");
  mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("Cannot select DB!");

  $sql = "select target_url from bs_recs where " .
    "seed = '" . fnpreparesql($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) . "'";
  $rst = mysql_query($sql);
  if(mysql_affected_rows() > 0) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($rst);

print "\n<script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">\n";
print "<!--\n";
print "window.setTimeout('window.location=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\";', " . ($redir_delay * 1000) . ");\n";
print "//--></script>\n";

print "<div class=\"okmsg\">";
print "<br>Redirecting to target page.<br>" .
  "If redirect does not happen within " . $redir_delay . " seconds, please click on the link " .
  "below.<br><br>";
print "<a href=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\">" . $row['target_url'] . "</a>";

if($redir_delay > 1) {
  print "<br><br><br><br><br>";
  print "While waiting for be redirected, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you about: <br><br>";
  print $advert_html;
  print "<br><br>";
}
print "</div>";
  }
  else {
    print "<div class=\"errmsg\">";
    print "<br>Error: Invalid target URL!<br><br>";
    print "</div>";
  }

  mysql_close();
  exit();
}

I attached the complete index.php file, maybe I missed out some parts...

Somebody Please help me with this

[halojoy]

hi again
thanks for putting your code 🙂
Yeah, you have posted the right php code. Well done!

first, a general remark, on Having Text/Link displayed on Redirect page:

If i was you, I should KEEP it as it is.
you know in IE7 or any other Browser, there is a setting:
Enable / Disable META REFRESH ..... rdirects
Suppose some person want s have control over where sex-sites redirects him.
So he has turned this OFF.

What will happen is, he will not be redirected AUTOMATICALLY.
In this case WE SHOULD HAVE a link displayed, or some information at least.
You will be redirected in x seconds to this URL.
If not, Please click this LINK.

If you still ,after my mini-tutorial 😃,
wants to take away the information about Redirect:
then
you can Block Out the part of PHP code that displays message:
Using

/*
this
is not executed
*/

So here is the new code .. if you decide go for it:

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// redirection related processing (case where preview_on set to "N")
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if(!strstr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], "act") &&
  !strstr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], "page") &&
  $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] != "" &&
  $preview_on != "Y") {

  print "<link href=\"./style/styles.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\">";

  mysql_connect($db_host, $db_login, $db_pwd) or die("Cannot connect to DB!");
  mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("Cannot select DB!");

  $sql = "select target_url from bs_recs where " .
    "seed = '" . fnpreparesql($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) . "'";
  $rst = mysql_query($sql);
  if(mysql_affected_rows() > 0) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($rst);

print "\n<script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">\n";
print "<!--\n";
print "window.setTimeout('window.location=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\";', " . ($redir_delay * 1000) . ");\n";
print "//--></script>\n";

/*

print "<div class=\"okmsg\">";
print "<br>Redirecting to target page.<br>" .
  "If redirect does not happen within " . $redir_delay . " seconds, please click on the link " .
  "below.<br><br>";
print "<a href=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\">" . $row['target_url'] . "</a>";

if($redir_delay > 1) {
  print "<br><br><br><br><br>";
  print "While waiting for be redirected, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you about: <br><br>";
  print $advert_html;
  print "<br><br>";

*/

}
print "</div>";
  }
  else {
    print "<div class=\"errmsg\">";
    print "<br>Error: Invalid target URL!<br><br>";
    print "</div>";
  }

  mysql_close();
  exit();
} 

[halojoy]

hi
again

There is a setting, a variable called $redirect_delay
If you set this to 0
then that redirect page will be shown for '0 seconds' .. that is so short that it is hard to notice, even.
But stilll, if META REFRESH is disabled by someone's Browser
the page Click LINK will be shown.

So keep the display,
but set $redir_delay = 0; (where ever it is set .. maybe in config.php )

    print "\n<script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">\n";
    print "<!--\n";
    print "window.setTimeout('window.location=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\";', " . ($redir_delay * 1000) . ");\n";
    print "//--></script>\n";

[Seeo]

I copied the same thing and pasted, now some parse error appears....

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in ..index.php on line 95

Then I used this '{' instead of '}, I thought it might fix it, and now this appears

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in ...index.php on line 610

But line 610 is the last line...Maybe it's a simple mistake I'm really sorry for my noobness... Can u plz help me?

Then I deleted it, Now I get a different error..now i think that I need to reinstall the script with a new db, but before I do that, I really need to knw whether I really have to do that...So can u help me ? plz

Error: Invalid target URL!
Warning: mysql_close(): no MySQL-Link resource supplied in ....index.php on line 96

I'm also guessing that there is a probability that the other files are causing it, so I attached the complete script...

Plz Help!

[cahva]

Theres no need to use javascript redirection at all when delay is 0. Heres a modified script. Replace it accordingly(first copy the original script and modify it):

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// redirection related processing (case where preview_on set to "N")
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
if(!strstr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], "act") && 
  !strstr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], "page") && 
  $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] != "" &&
  $preview_on != "Y") {

  mysql_connect($db_host, $db_login, $db_pwd) or die("Cannot connect to DB!");
  mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("Cannot select DB!");

  $sql = "select target_url from bs_recs where " .
    "seed = '" . fnpreparesql($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) . "'";
  $rst = mysql_query($sql);
  if(mysql_affected_rows() > 0) {
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($rst);

/* If the redir_delay is 0, theres no need to print anything. Just redirect it directly without javascript stuff */
if ($redir_delay == 0) {
  header('Location: '.$row['target_url']);
  die();
}

print "<link href=\"./style/styles.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\">";
print "\n<script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">\n";
print "<!--\n";
print "window.setTimeout('window.location=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\";', " . ($redir_delay * 1000) . ");\n";
print "//--></script>\n";

print "<div class=\"okmsg\">";
print "<br>Redirecting to target page.<br>" .
  "If redirect does not happen within " . $redir_delay . " seconds, please click on the link " .
  "below.<br><br>";
print "<a href=\"" . $row['target_url'] . "\">" . $row['target_url'] . "</a>";

if($redir_delay > 1) {
  print "<br><br><br><br><br>";
  print "While waiting for be redirected, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you about: <br><br>";
  print $advert_html;
  print "<br><br>";
}
print "</div>";
  }
  else {
    print "<div class=\"errmsg\">";
    print "<br>Error: Invalid target URL!<br><br>";
    print "</div>";
  }

  mysql_close();
  exit();
}

[Seeo]

Wow! You are awesome! Thanks, Thanks a lot for your help....It works fine....

but here is my another pro...
the link generated looks something like this www.mydomain.com/?google_jp

is there any way to make it like this
www.mydomain.com/google_jp

or is there any way to make it like this
www.mydomain.com/?/google_jp

I just want this "/" character to appear before the tag...

plz help!

[cahva]

Yes its possible. You would have to use mod_rewrite to do that (an apache module). Usually its enabled in most of the hosts.

Create a file called ".htaccess" and edit it to look like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/?$ index.php?$1 [L]

Put that to the same directory where the scripts files are.

You may have to do some adjustments to that rewrite rule depending how your directories are laid out.

If it gives you internal server errors, check the error log and see whats wrong.

Theres lots of tutorials how to use mod_rewrite but this sums it up quite nicely:
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/