Page redirect on user name

[gavin.sibley]

Hello,

 

Im trying to set up a page that will redirect users to other pages depending on there login credentials.

 

The user name is stored in the under user_login and the page i want them to be redirected to is in the same table and is called HomePage.

 

I havent got a clue when it comes to php so any help would be much appreciated.

 

thanks,

gavin

[scootstah]

You can redirect with:

header('location:http://example.com');
exit;

[gavin.sibley]

Thats great thanks,

 

any idea on how i would change this redirect using a field in a database depending on the current logged in user?

 

i.e redirect to page 1 when user 1 logged in, redirect to page 2 when user 2  logged in etc.

 

thanks,

gavin

[scootstah]

Do you know how to run SQL queries and retrieve data from the database? All you need to do is retrieve the specific user and stick the HomePage into the header().

[gavin.sibley]

Not the foggiest im sorry, i never use php im building a site in wordpress but need to add this one line of php to be able to set up this redirect.

[Jessica]

I think what you're looking for is "pretty urls" with modrewrite. you have one profile page, and it takes a parameter like the user's name. But the URL just has their name, not the page that does the processing.