Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Newbie redirect/variable question

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Steve Wade wrote: > Thanks - hmm - doesn't seem to do it though. > > My current code is: > > <?php > > if ($HTTP_GET_VARS['fred'] != "") { > # $statement = "UPDATE links SET hits=hits+1 WHERE href=\"$u\""; > # mysql_query($statement); > header("Location: $HTTP_GET_VARS['fred']"); > exit; > } else { > header("Location: $HTTP_REFERRER"); > exit; > } > ?> > > which gives an error msg: > > Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' or > T_VARIABLE' or > `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/swadie/public_html/redirect.php on line 6 > I noticed that you were passing the URL like this (from an earlier message): > > <a href="redirect.php?fred=www.fusion.org.au">test link</a> if you put this in Location: without prefixing it with "http://" it may be treated as a local url or something that is not what you intend. I don't think it is what is causing this specific error, but it could be the next one :-))).