[SOLVED] help with php redirect (relative paths, absolute paths)

[worldcomingtoanend]

the code below extracts a relative path and redirects the user to the corresponding content page.

This works fine in my cms before publishing online but as soon as i publish my work the relative paths seem not to work anymore.

 

this is what i get after publishing:

 

www.cars.com/www/buses/coachescontent/index.html  with a message

 

The requested URL /www/buses/coachescontent/index.html was not found on the server

 

this is what I need to have: www.cars.com/buses/coachescontent/index.html .

 

my code and what I have tried.

 

// menu entries and extraction of relative paths to content 
<some cms code for menus>
  <?php
  $destinationUrl="/..$destinationUrl";

  ?>
</some cms code for menus>

//  on menu click direct user to content
<?php

header("Location: ..$destinationUrl");
exit;
?> 

.

 

I hv tried this to try and cut the /www but its not working. how do i cut the /www before buses in in www.cars.com/www/buses/coachescontent/index.html  so that i only have www.cars.com/buses/coachescontent/index.html

<?php

$destinationUrl =substr($destinationUrl, 4);

header("Location: $destinationUrl");

exit;

?>

 

[worldcomingtoanend]

by the way I have also been thinking that it might be solved like below but i am getting clueless:

 

if ( $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == "localhost" ) {
   header("Location: ..$destinationUrl");
}
else {
//i know this is wrong but i hope u get the idea of what i need to have
header("Location: http://www..$destinationUrl");        
}

[chadayers]

Is this what your looking to do?

 

Working example: http://code.chadayers.org/helper/3.php

 

<?
$destinationUrl = "www.cars.com/www/buses/coachescontent/index.html";
$destinationUrl = str_replace("/www/", "/", $destinationUrl);
echo $destinationUrl;
?>

 

[dreamwest]

function redirect( $url ){
    if (! headers_sent( ) ){
    
        header( "Location: ".$url );
        exit( 0 );
    }
    echo "<script language=Javascript>document.location.href='".$url."';</script>";
    exit( 0 );
}

redirect('http://www.cars.com/buses/coachescontent/index.html');

[worldcomingtoanend]

dreamwest and chadayers  thank u both of u for your help...

 

i did something like this:

 

<?php

$destinationUrl = str_replace("/www/", "/", $destinationUrl);

header("Location: .$destinationUrl");

exit;

?>

 

 

u r just geniouses thanks again and good day.

[chadayers]

Just need to change

 

header("Location: .$destinationUrl");

 

to

 

header("Location: ".$destinationUrl);