Re: Reposting elseif carry

* Thus wrote Ronald The Newbie Allen (sesel@omantel.net.om): > > what I currently have is > > echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" content=\"0; > > URL=./Conference_Calls.php?Date_and_Time=".$_POST["$Date_and_Time"].">"; Have you looked at what this is actually outputing? > > Tried several things from the string and either they return a parsing error > or they return ".$_POST > > kind of clueless now....help please You might want to read: http://www.php.net/manual/en/langref.php It'll give you a better grasp on what you're trying to do. > > The code: > > <? > $event = $_GET['Event_Type']; > $Date_and_Time = $_GET['Date_and_Time']; You're using $_GET here but $_POST in the output of your meta tag, which one is it? > //echo "$event"; > //echo "$time"; > if ($event == "Trouble_Tickets") { > echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0; > URL=./Trouble_Tickets.php">'; > } elseif ($event == "Conference_Calls") { > print '<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0; > URL=./Conference_Calls.php?Date_and_Time=$_POST["Date_and_Time"]">'; > } elseif ($event == "Outage_Reports") { > echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0; > URL=./Outage_Reports.php">'; > } else { > echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0; > URL=./log.php">'; > } > A few points: - You're if/elseif would better be written with a switch() statment. - You shouldn't really use a meta-refresh, but redirect the user using header(). - Learn the difference between how php treats the single quote (') vs the double quote (") <?php // this start tag is highly recommended // Grab the event from the Query String $event = $_GET['Event_Type']; // Make the base url for redirection. $base_url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; $base_url .= dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); switch ($event) { case 'Trouble_Tickets': $redirect = $base_url . $event . '.php'; break; case 'Conference_Calls': $redirect = $base_url . $event . '.php?Date_and_Time='. $_POST['Date_and_Time']; break; case 'Outage_Reports': $redirect = $base_url . $event . '.php'; break; default: $redirect = $base_url . 'log.php'; break; } // Now redirect the user header('Location: ' . $redirect); exit(); ?> Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."