[SOLVED] If input = ____, then...

[Graxeon]

I have this script:

 

<?php
$allowed_url = array("umm",
"uhh",
"blankspothere");

$passed_url = $_GET['url']; 

foreach ($allowed_url as $allowed) {
    if(stristr($allowed, $passed_url) !== false) {

header("Location: http://www.google.com/search?=" .$allowed);
             exit;
   }
}


?>

 

However, instead of calling the script with something like "script.php?url=uhh"...I want to call the script with something like "script.php?url=car1"

 

What's the difference? Well...in the script I want the input "car1" to be equal to the input "uhh".

 

So instead of the script linking to "http://www.google.com/search?=uhh" directly from the input...I want the "uhh" to be hidden from the user's eyes and just be running in the background.

 

 

I hope that makes sense xD

[trq]

I hope that makes sense

 

Nope, not at all.

[samshel]

try url rewriting and .htaccess, google for it

[Graxeon]

@sam: I can't use either with my host.

 

@thorpe (and everyone else) :

 

Ok...say I want to call "umm". To do that, I use: "script.php?url=umm"

 

BUT...I don't to see that it is titled "umm" in the input. SO...in "script.php" I have a little "converter/translator". Let's say that "umm = car1". Now I can call "umm" by using "script.php?url=car1".

 

Now do you understand?

 

So it's kind of like saying:

 

if input of "script.php?url=" = car1

Then check to see what car1 is equal to in the "converter"

 

This is the converter:

 

car1 = umm

 

Now that we have "umm"...we want to use that for the rest of the script. In this case, it is to link to some search on google.com

 

 

Ok...if that makes sense...then please show me how I can do this. My next question (once that is answered) is how to implement it into this script:

 

<?php
$allowed_url = array("umm",
"uhh",
"blankspothere");

$passed_url = $_GET['url']; 

foreach ($allowed_url as $allowed) {
    if(stristr($allowed, $passed_url) !== false) {

header("Location: http://www.google.com/search?=" .$allowed);
             exit;
   }
}


?>

 

I want to make it so after the input is converted...I want to run this part of the script:

 

header("Location: http://www.google.com/search?=" .$allowed);

 

If the conversion was unsuccessful (meaning that ex. "car55" doesn't exist in the script) then I just want the script to link the person to google's homepage.

 

 

(So normally, as seen in my script, I would have to run it through a "checker" to see if the input is allowed. However...now I just want to make it to check to see if it is in the conversion combos list.)

[samshel]

store the mapping in database, for what_you_want_to_show vs what_you_want_to_use,

 

while displaying links use what_you_want_to_show, while doing operations, find corresponding what_you_want_to_use and use it..

 

 

[Graxeon]

I don't have mySQL either xD.

 

That's why I need it in the script itself

[corbin]

An array would work just fine....  Or even a flat file loaded into an array (I would just hard code it personally, unless you plan on making a script to change it).

[Graxeon]

Can you show me how to do it with an array?

[trq]

Either way the client is going to see what is passed along in the querystring to google, but this achives what I believe you are attempting.

 

<?php

if (isset($_GET['url'])) {

  $converter = array('car1' => 'umm');
  $url = $_GET['url']; 

  if (isset($converter[$url])) {
    header("Location: http://www.google.com/search?=" . $converter[$url]);
    exit;
  }
}

?>

 

Called like script.php?url=car1 this script would redirect to http://www.google.com/search?=umm

[Graxeon]

It works, thank you!