Header with variable error. Please help

[patheticsam]

Hi...

 

I'm a little bit new to php and it seems I am getting a small issue that I am not able to resolve...

 

Basicly I just have a page in wich you see the account file of a customer and you can add notes into it.

 

Here's the account file script

 

<?php 

mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "pass") or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("db") or die(mysql_error()); 

if( ($_GET['cmd']=="view") && (is_numeric($_GET['id'])) )
     {


$id=$_GET['id'];

$data = mysql_query("select * from client_table WHERE id_client='$id'") 
or die(mysql_error());

while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))

     {
     echo "
     	<table border=\"0\" celppadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"font-weight: bold; width: 820px;\">  
     	 <tr>
     	 	<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"height: 50px;\"><a href=\"../dashboard.php\">Panneau de controle</a> > <a href=\"clients.php\">clients</a> > <a href=\"view_client.php?cmd=view&id=".$info['id_client']."\">Fiche client</a> > Notes > ".$info['entreprise']."</td>
     	 </tr>
     	 <tr>
     	 	<td style=\"padding-left: 10px\">
     	 	NEQ : ".$info['neq']."<br />
     	 	<h2>Nom de l'entreprise : ".$info['entreprise']."<br /></h2>
		<h2>Telephone : ".$info['client_phone']."<br /></h2>
     		</td>
     	</tr>
     	</table>
      ";
     }
    }
?>
          	<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="process/insert_note.php" method="POST" target="main">
     		<input type="hidden" name="id_client" value="<?php echo $id; ?>">
     		<input type="hidden" name="note_date" value="<?php echo date("Y-m-d"); ?>">
     		<input type="hidden" name="note_time" value="<?php echo date("G:i:s"); ?>">
     <table border="0" celppadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-weight: bold; width: 780px;">  
     <tr>
     	<td colspan="0" style="padding-left: 10px">Ajouter une note : <br /><textarea name="note" style="height: 80px;" cols="90"></textarea><br />
     	<input type="submit" value="Ajouter une note">
     	</td>
     </tr>
     </table>
     </form>

 

So when I add the note....the form data is passed to a php script to insert the note into the MySQL DB and I just want to be redirected back to the acount file page with the note on it....

 

Here's the insert script :

 

<?php
    header('location:../view_notes.php?cmd=view&id=$id_client');
require_once('../../auth.php');

$id_client = $_POST['id_client'];


$con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass");


$note_date = $_POST['note_date'];
$note_time = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['note_time']);
$note = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['note']);

if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }mysql_select_db("db", $con);
$sql="INSERT INTO notes_table ( id_client, note_date, note_time, note)
VALUES
('$id_client','$note_date','$note_time','$note')";if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }

?>

 

The problem I have is that the HEADER part is working but the value :    header('location:../view_notes.php?cmd=view&id=$id_client'); is not passed so I am redirected to a blank page.....

 

I tried to find the info on google but can't seems to find what wrong...

 

Any help will be appreciated!

 

Thanks

[digibucc]

single quotes tell it it's a string, not variable.

 

<?php
header('location:../view_notes.php?cmd=view&id='. $id_client);
?>

 

try that

[patheticsam]

Unfortunatly it seems it doesn'work...I get no error but I am still redirected to a blank page...

[Pikachu2000]

Is there anything at all? What about in the View-->Source of the page? Do you have the error_reporting = -1 and display_errors = On directives in your php.ini file?

[patheticsam]

yes error reporting is activated...The html displays correctly..there's no error but the values aren't passed from the header to view_notes.php.....

[Pikachu2000]

Is the value in the browser's address field correct after the redirect? What happens if you use the full URL in the header() call header("Location: http://www.mysite.com/path/ etc. ?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Unfortunately, if output_buffering is turned on in your master php.ini, any php errors that are output before the header() redirect, won't be.

 

You are using the $id_client variable before you have even assigned a value to it.

 

You should only be redirecting after you have successfully performed all the logic on the page, not as the first thing on the page.

 

If output_buffering is turned on in your php.ini, you should turn it off ASAP, especially on your development system.

[patheticsam]

I'm gonne turn it off...but the thing is a can't assign a value to the variable before the header cuz If I do i'm getting an header output error....How can I assign the variable before the header??

[PFMaBiSmAd]

but the thing is a can't assign a value to the variable before the header cuz If I do i'm getting an header output error

 

It's not the assignment of the variable that is causing the header error, it is the referencing of a nonexistent variable that is producing a php error message that is causing the header error. You would need to fix the logic so that you don't attempt to reference an nonexistent variable in the first place.

[patheticsam]

Got it! Thanks!