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[otuatail]

simple text manipiulation question

I am a data collection freak and there is a section of a website that collects data into a databse. This section opens up a new browser with it's website and adds data to the database.

 

$link = $_REQUEST['destination'];

// $link .= " " . "target=_blank";

$val = $_REQUEST['val'];

mailto($val);

StoreData($val);

header('Location: ' . $link);

 

I can't add the commented out line to create a new browser. have tried " ' ' " and '  " " '

 

Any sugestion.

 

Des

[Hell Toupee]

target=_blank is html, not php so it won't work. There's a Window-Target parameter with header() but if memory serves me right there's difficulties with passing information on or opening up a new window, I'd recommend just mixing the php code up with javascript and using window.open or something similar.

[dswain]

What does the data in $_REQUEST['destination'] look like? I don't think you can just append the target='_blank' code to it and it would need to be inside of the <a> tag itself.

[otuatail]

Thanks for that. This is odd but this part of page 1

 

<td class="Info"><a href="redirect_me.php?destination=http://www.changinglivesonline.org&val=Change Lives">Changing Lives on line</a></td>

 

Page 2

 

<?

include ("functions.inc");

session_start();

$link = $_REQUEST['destination'];

// $link .= " " . "target=_blank";

$val = $_REQUEST['val'];

mailto($val);

StoreData($val);

header('Location: ' . $link);

?>

 

Does this help ?