Re: Reposting elseif carry

While I am sure that you are right. I went to the webpages that you identified and did not see anything on' and ". I tried the code that typed up and it said that Date_and_Time wher and undefinded index and also that the headers could not be modified. Advanced stuff for me, while I do see the logic in the operation What is the difference in a single quote and a double quote? the base_url is this suppose to be an I or and L $base_url .= dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_UR I ']); "Curt Zirzow" <php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org> wrote in message news:20040516020314.GE38565@bagend.shire... > * 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."