PHP Tracking / Redirect code not working

[shayne54]

Hey guys, I am not a coder at all and would love a little bit of help with my code not working.

Basically, I have a redirect script that sends my visitors to a software download. I want to be able to track a snippet from the incoming refer and send it along with the download. I hope I am explaining this correctly. Here is my code:

 

<?php

$tid = $_GET["tid"];

header( 'Location: http://www.liutilities.com/affcb/?id=RBgendtd&aff=14231&xat=WU-<?php echo $tid; ?>' );

?>

 

The page that sends them to this script automatically adds ?tid={keyword here}. What the above script is supposed to do is grab tid and then put it after the &xat=WU- but instead, its only putting the actual code itself (&xat=WU-<?php echo $tid; ?>). Can anyone offer a suggestion? Thanks so much!

[dcro2]

$tid = $_GET["tid"];
header('Location: &xat=WU-'.$tid);

 

It's called string concatenation <<clicky.

[shayne54]

So are you saying my code should look like this:

 

<?php

$tid = $_GET["tid"];

header( 'Location: http://www.liutilities.com/affcb/?id=RBgendtd&aff=14231&xat=WU-'.$tid);

?>

 

thanks so much for your help BTW.

[kenrbnsn]

Or you can use:

<?php
   header("Location: http://www.liutilities.com/affcb/?id=RBgendtd&aff=14231&xat=WU-{$_GET['tid']}");
   exit();
?>

 

Always use the exit function after a "location" header to stop the script from executing further.

 

Ken

[shayne54]

Thanks so much guys for the help!