[SOLVED] Please help with PHP redirect code

[elisa]

Hi,

I have tried to do this myself but I can't make it work.

 

I have two domains, first.com and second.com, but one hosting service.

 

I want my index.php to be just the redirect to one site or the other, depending what has been typed in the url.

 

If they type www.first.com I want the code to redirect to www.first.com/index2.htm

 

If they type www.second.com I want the code to redirect to www.second.com/index3.htm

 

This also so that whatever domain they have typed will stay on the address bar. I don't want the two sites mixed up.

 

Can someone please help me?

 

I know this can be done with htaccess, but I don't have access to the root of the server.

 

I've also tried with javascript, but I couldn't get it to work either.

 

I'm more of a webdesigner, not really a raw code girl 

 

Thank you in advance,

Elisa

[spooke2k]

$URL="http://127.0.0.1/teststation.php";

header ("Location: $URL");

think this is what u want

 

spooke2k

[jscix]

I believe the $_SERVER array should have your url, from there just some simple parsing and then redirect w/ the code spook gave you.

[jscix]

$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']

 

to  be exact.

[elisa]

$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']

 

to  be exact.

 

This is what I have now:

 

<?php

 

if  ($REQUEST_URL  ==  "http://www.first.com") 

 

{

 

    header('location:  http://www.first.com/index2.htm');

 

} 

 

    else  if  ($REQUEST_URL  ==  "http://www.second.com") 

 

{

 

    header('location:  http://www.second.com/index3.htm');

}

?>

 

And it doesn't work. How would I change it to include your suggestion?

 

Thank you. E.

[The Little Guy]

<?php
$URL = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$NEW = preg_replace("~www.~","",$URL);
switch($NEW){
case "http://first.com":
	header("Location: http://www.first.com/index2.htm");
	exit;
break;
case "http://second.com":
	header("Location: http://www.second.com/index3.htm");
	exit;
break;
}
?>

[saf]

If you do not want the url in the browser to change when you redirect the user, you will need to use something like Apache Mod-Rewrite.

[elisa]

Thank you I will try that now.

 

I've forgot to specify that right now the server is hosting first.com so any request for first.com goes directly to first.com/index.php

 

Then I've created an alias for second.com to go to first.com, so any requests for second.com will also

go to first.com/index.php

 

So the index.php is the redirect file that I'm trying to code correctly.

 

Will that code you provided still be applicable?

 

Thank you,

 

Elisa

[elisa]

I've tried the code little guy gave me, but still no luck. No matter which domain I try the page goes blank and it doesn't redirect.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Do I need to change anything on this line? Do I need to replace server with anything?

 

$URL = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];

 

Just checking...

 

Thanks again.

[elisa]

Can anybody else help me with this?

 

You can also tell me that what I am asking for is not possible (but I doubt it).

 

Please understand that I am very new at PHP, actually I know nothing about it. So if anybody can guide me through this, I would really appreciate it.

 

Thank you,

Elisa

[elisa]

I've tried something else:

 

<?php
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']="www.first.com") {
header("location: http://www.first.com/index2.htm");
}  else if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']="www.second.com") {
header("location: http://www.second.com/index3.htm");
}  
?>

 

Now what happens here is no matter if I type first.com or second.com it goes to www.first.com/index2.htm.

I guess it doesn't read the second part of the redirect.

Please remember that right now second.com is an alias domain name, that is directed at first.com.

So how can I make that second part work and have anything directed at second.com redirect to second.com/index3.htm? (index2.htm and index3.htm are in the same folder, because of the aliasing).

 

Thanks.

[redarrow]

apache quistion easer and correct way ok.

 

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_proxy.html

[elisa]

apache quistion easer and correct way ok.

 

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_proxy.html

 

I'm sorry, I have no idea what you are trying to tell me... and your link is a book... I would really like a simple solution, if possible. Thank you.

[redarrow]

give this a go fingers crossed.

[code]
<?php

$url="www.first.com";

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']==$url) {

header("location: http://www.first.com/index2.htm");

}  else if (!$url) {

header("location: http://www.second.com/index3.htm");

}  
?>

 

 

or this

 

<?php

$url="www.first.com";

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']==$url) {

header("location: http://www.first.com/index2.htm");

}  

if (!$url) {

header("location: http://www.second.com/index3.htm");

}  
?>

[/code]

[elisa]

OMG!!! Redarrow I love you!!!

 

The first code didn't work, but the second got me thinking... I changed it slightly to this:

 

<?php

$url="www.first.com";

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']==$url) {

header("location: http://www.first.com/index2.htm");

}  else {

header("location: http://www.second.com/index3.htm");

}  
?>

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 

[redarrow]

that a fluke was going just now to do that well done.