PHP Redirect Code

[giarnz]

Hi all,

I am bogged on some PHP coding and I am hoping someone here could help me please.

 

I am trying to redirect a link using PHP and strip/extract certain parameters from the URL when redirecting.

 

 

 

For example, my url is http://www.123domain.com/?ref=12345 and I am trying to redirect the domain but KEEP the 12345 part. I am using the code to extract the 12345 part:

 

<?php

$ref = $_GET['ref'];

$ref = urlencode($ref);

?>

 

Now, the above code works perfectly on the same page, meaning, if I put <?php echo $ref; ?> on the page, it will display "12345". What I am trying to do though is redirect and keep the 12345 in the redirected URL.

 

For example, I am trying to redirect http://www.123domain.com/?ref=12345 to http://www.456domain.com/?id=12345 using another php or redirect file, and NOT linking directly to it.

 

Could someone please tell me how to grab the "12345" section from the current URL or (referred URL) and add this to the redirected URL?

 

 

Thanks,

 

Giarnz

[teng84]

$x=$_GET['x'];

header("location: http://www.123domain.com/?ref=$x");

 

is that what you mean ?????

[Philip]

<?php
$ref = $_GET['ref'];
$url = "http://www.blah.com/?id=".$ref;
header("Location: $url");
?>

 

Is that what you are looking for?

[teng84]

BTW we both made a mistake

 

look

<?php
$ref = $_GET['ref'];
$url = "http://www.blah.com/?id=".$ref;
header("Location: $url");
?>

should be

<?php
$ref = $_GET['ref'];
$url = "http://www.blah.com/thepagehere.php?id=".$ref;
header("Location: $url");
?>

 

[Philip]

Not necessarily, .htaccess can be used to clean up URLs, like blah.com/index.php?action=home&user=phil to blah.com/home/phil/

 

It is possible that it is http://www.blah.com/index.php covered up to only show http://www.blah.com/

 

.htaccess can do wonders with the mod rewrite

[teng84]

i know bro but who knows hes using that

[Philip]

I figured you would, lol, I'm just throwing it out there, so we don't look like we forgot it

 

Hopefully one of our suggestions solved their problem

[giarnz]

Hi all,

Thanks teng84 and KingPhilip  for your help. I tried

<?php

$ref = $_GET['ref'];

$url = "http://www.blah.com/thepagehere.php?id=".$ref;

header("Location: $url");

?>

 

and it is returning an error for me.

 

 

What I am trying to do is this:

 

My URL ---> http://www.123domain.com/?ref=12345

 

Redirect File ---> http://www.123domain.com/456.php.php

 

Destination URL ---> http://www.456domain.com?id=12345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.789domain.com%2F

 

 

So, instead of linking directly to the "Destination URL", I want to first go to the "Redirect File" and then the "Destination URL". This way, I can easily modify a single file instead of updating multiple pages each time when I have to modify a destination.

 

 

I also tried using .htacess and it works for redirecting, but I can't seem to add the ?ref=12345 and convert it to id=12345.

 

Using .htaccess, I tried the following:

/456.php "http://www.456domain.com?id=<?php echo $keywordget; ?>&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.789domain.com%2F"

 

 

Thanks again,

 

Giarnz

 

[giarnz]

Also, if I could use .htaccess to do it all I would love to as then I only need 1 file for everything and the redirect files are all aliases because the .htaccess would redirect them immediately.

 

I just don't know if I can dynamically alter the URL with .htaccess to include the ref/id information.

[Philip]

I don't know how much about .htacces you know, but here's a shot for ya:

 

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^?ref=([0-9]+)$ 456.php?refID=$1 [R]

 

That would get them to the 2nd page (redirect file). Did you just want to do it in one swoop to get them to the 456domain.com, or still go through the redirect file?

 

[giarnz]

Hi KingPhilip,

I would like to do it all in 1 swoop and miss the redirect file if possible, but I need to copy the REF data from the current URL and then add it to the URL in .htaccess. That's why I tried to add PHP code .htaccess but I now know that you can't add PHP code to .htaccess files.

 

I am under the impression that I need a PHP script to do this for me.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Giarnz

[Philip]

You can copy the REF data from the current URL and then add it into the URL

 

It's shown in my above post

RewriteRule ^?ref=([0-9]+)$ 456.php?refID=$1 [R]

Basically it says:

Rewrite the URL that has ?ref=(any numerical value, lets call it X) and throw the user to 456.php?refID=X

[giarnz]

Hi KingPhilip,

I have about 60 URLs in .htaccess though. Would this work for all of them?

 

Also, what would the final .htaccess file look like?

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Giarnz

[Philip]

Wow, well, it depends on what the URLs are for.

 

If they are all for the same rewrite, where you are redirecting the user to the same page, then you could just use this code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^?ref=([0-9]+)$ 456.php?refID=$1 [R]

 

Could you explaina little more indepth, or give a few examples of what you already have?

[giarnz]

Hi,

I have pasted a few entried from .htaccess:

Redirect /company.php http://www.blabla.com/abcdefg?ref=<REF GOES HERE>&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.456domain.com%2Fabout%2F

Redirect /communities.php http://www.blabla.com/abcdefg?ref=<REF GOES HERE>&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.456domain.com%2Fcommunities%2F

Redirect /downloads.php http://www.blabla.com/abcdefg?ref=<REF GOES HERE>&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.456domain.com%2Fdownloads%2F

Redirect /upgrade.php http://www.blabla.com/abcdefg?ref=<REF GOES HERE>&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.456domain.com%2Fupgrade%2F

 

So, if a user clicks on a link which points to www.123domain.com/company.php, it should redirect them to http://www.blabla.com/abcdefg?ref=<REF GOES HERE>&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.456domain.com%2Fabout%2F and replace <REF GOES HERE> with the REF data from the current URL.

 

So, if the user is on www.123domain.com/?ref=g-34-343-23 and they click on www.123domain.com/company.php, they should be redirected to http://www.blabla.com/abcdefg?ref=g-34-343-23&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.456domain.com%2Fabout%2F

 

 

Thanks,

 

Giarnz

[Philip]

Okay, this is a bit more complicated than I was hoping for.

 

One way that I can think of doing this, its on the pages have the link with the ref code on the end, so the link would be like (dynamically with PHP) www.123domain.com/company.php?ref=12345 (in php terms: echo "www.123domain.com/company.php?ref=".$GET['ref']

 

That would make things a lot easier, would that be possible?

[giarnz]

Hi,

That is the option that I thought I would have to use in the end. If I use a php script to handle it all, then I won't need to use .htaccess for it, since I can store the urls in the php script.

 

Do you think that is a better option?

 

 

Thanks,

 

Giarnz

[Philip]

Yeah, it probably be a lot easier to code.

 

I'm no expert though, somebody else might know a really easy way to do it. I just don't have that knowledge

[giarnz]

Hi,

No worries.

 

Thanks for your help and I'll poke around the forums.

 

 

Giarnz