Way to prevent page from showing if....

[jacko310592]

hey guys

 

i have a 'sent message' php page which my 'contact' page redirects to once someone has sent me a message, is there a way that if someone was to just type my sent message page into the url (if they where to manually load the sent message page) can it be made to automatically redirect to the contact page?

 

(if they send a messgae via the contact page, it shows the sent message page,

but if they try to open the sent message page them selves it redirects away)

 

 

i hope ive manage to explain this properly

 

thanks guys

[Goldeneye]

Well, you could do something like:

 

(for your sent-message page)

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    //Send the message
}
header('Location: index.php') and exit;
?>

 

You can redirect to any page, it doesn't have to be index.php.

 

Edit: This is assuming you have .php file to process your form and another .php or .html file to display the form.

[jacko310592]

thanks for the reply,

just tried the code, and it seems to redirect whether its coming from my form or not :/

any ideas?

 

and my setup is:

form.php  -->  process.php  -->  message_sent.php

[mrMarcus]

is process.php redirecting to message_sent.php via header ('Location: message_sent.php')?

[jacko310592]

that is correct

[jacko310592]

can anyone see a problem with this code?

 

<?php

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] != "./process.php" ){
header('Location:./form.php');
}

?>

[mrMarcus]

try the full path instead:

 

<?php
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] != "http://www.yoursite.com/full/path/to/process.php" ){ //full path here;
header('Location: ./form.php');
}
?>

 

EDIT: had the lines mixed up.

 

EDIT2: always exit() your header() redirections:

 

<?php
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] != "http://www.yoursite.com/full/path/to/process.php" ){ //full path here;
     header('Location: ./form.php');
     exit (0); //or exit; or exit();
}
?>

[jacko310592]

thanks for the reply mrMarcus, but no luck yet :/

anymore ideas?

[mrMarcus]

did you change:

 

http://www.yoursite.com/full/path/to/

 

to match the URL for your site?

[jamesxg1]

maybe use tokens.

[jacko310592]

yeah, but its still redirecting no matter what page it comes from :/

[jacko310592]

think ive found the problem

 

even though the form page loads the process page, the process page for some reason doesnt get put down as the referral page

 

so i had to use the form as the referral page

[mrMarcus]

i never use http_referer .. doesn't appear to set (at all) when a header() redirect is used.  just did a little test myself.

 

your best bet is to lose the redirect and opt for checking if the form was submitted:

 

<?php
if (isset ($_POST['submit'])) { //form was submitted .. run code;
}
else
{ header ('Location ./form.php'); exit (0); }
?>

 

like i said .. i've never use http_referer before, otherwise, i would've been able to help you out earlier.

[jacko310592]

youve been a great help mrMarcus, thanks