[SOLVED] enter url then click to open in new window

[emma225]

This should be so simple but is causing me a lot of grief. I need a web form with a text box where user woould enter url, then click go button, and url would open in new window. This was as far as I got

 

<?PHP

$urlToGoTo = @$_POST["url"];

if(!empty($urlToGoTo)){

header($urlToGoTo);

}

?>

 

Any advice would be appreciated

Cheers ;)

[DarkWater]

You should just do this in Javascript.

 

<form name="redirect" onsubmit="window.location = document.getElementById('redirect_link').value; return false;" action="" method="">

<input id="redirect_link" type="text" />
<input type="submit" value="Go!" />
</form>

[gevans]

you know you could just do this with javascript

 

<input type="text" value="" id="href" />

<input type="submit" value="go" onlick="window.location=getElementById('href').value;" />

 

not tested, but you get the idea

[gevans]

got beaten to it!!

[emma225]

Thanks a million for you suggestions. I'm nearly there I think. Still having a problem though, when I click 'go' it takes me to the place where the file is saved

 

C:\wamp\www\www.google.com

or the same on the server

 

Any ideas??

Cheers

 

 

[gevans]

trying putting http:// behind it

 

you could do a little check in javascript to make sure that is in place

[emma225]

Sorted. Brilliant, been at that for days.

Thanks

;D