[RESOLVED] Redirect with variable from require_once?

[itsallgood]

Hi,

Can anyone explain why this will not work please...

I have two php pages...

site.com/folder/page1.php

<?php
	require_once('../functions.php');
	$redirectSite;
?>

and then:

site.com/functions.php

<?php
$homePage = 'http://www.ebay.com/';

function redirectSite(){
	header("Location: $homePage");
}
?>

I cannot seem to get this to work. If i have the page in the header redirect like this...

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

But when i try to use the variable - there is no redirect, it just stays on the page1.php.

Many thanks for any help.

[itsallgood]

Oh,

If i change the: header("Location: $homePage"); to

echo $homePage -- i get Notice: Undefined variable

I dont get it?

[Weedpacket]

The $homePage inside the function isn't the same variable as the $homepage outside the function - they just have the same name (see under "variable scope").

Suggest you pass the location to the function as an argument, e.g., (redirectSite("http://www.example.com/"), and have function redirectSite($homePage) { ....}).

[itsallgood]

Thanks Weedpacket!

This worked great 🙂

header("Location: " . $GLOBALS['homePage']);