Can Constants Be Used Inside Header()?

[skeeterbug]

i have something similar to this:

<?php
header("Location: http://mysite.com/destination.php");
?>

i would like to replace "mysite.com/destination.php" with a constant.

for example, with a constant DESTINATION defined as
"mysite.com/destination.php".

can this be done?

if so, how?

tia...

[Chris Hope]

skeeterbug wrote:

i have something similar to this:

<?php
header("Location: http://mysite.com/destination.php");
?>

i would like to replace "mysite.com/destination.php" with a constant.

for example, with a constant DESTINATION defined as
"mysite.com/destination.php".

can this be done?

if so, how?

You mean like this?

define('DESTINATION', 'http://mysite.com/destination.php');
....
header('Location: ' . DESTINATION);

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[skeeterbug]

>>You mean like this?

define('DESTINATION', 'http://mysite.com/destination.php');
....
header('Location: ' . DESTINATION);<<

this doesn't work for me.

this is copy and paste... (except for mysite.com).

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
header('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

[Chris Hope]

skeeterbug wrote:

You mean like this?

define('DESTINATION', 'http://mysite.com/destination.php');
...
header('Location: ' . DESTINATION);<<

this doesn't work for me.

this is copy and paste... (except for mysite.com).

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
header('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

So what actually happens when you try it?

To debug, try doing this instead:

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
print('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

This way you get to see the output.

--
Chris Hope - The Electric Toolbox - http://www.electrictoolbox.com/

[Michael Fesser]

.oO(skeeterbug)

You mean like this?

define('DESTINATION', 'http://mysite.com/destination.php');
...
header('Location: ' . DESTINATION);<<

this doesn't work for me.

How does it "not work"? Any error messages?
this is copy and paste... (except for mysite.com).

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
header('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

Looks OK and works here (but please use www.example.com/org for example
URLs, these domains are reserved for that purpose).

Micha

[phpfunk]

Do you have exit(); after the header call? If not and you are running
any code after the call, this could cause unwanted results.

[Alvaro G. Vicario]

*** skeeterbug escribió/wrote (14 Jan 2005 15:24:39 -0800):

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
header('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

Constants aren't any sort of mystery. Try:

echo 'Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL;

and you'll see the exact argument you are passing to header(). BTW, perhaps
you are missing an exit() somewhere after the redirection.
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[skeeterbug]

Chris Hope wrote:

skeeterbug wrote:

You mean like this?

define('DESTINATION', 'http://mysite.com/destination.php');
...
header('Location: ' . DESTINATION);<<

this doesn't work for me.

this is copy and paste... (except for mysite.com).

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
header('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

So what actually happens when you try it?

To debug, try doing this instead:

define("ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL", "http://mysite.com/index.php");
print('Location: ' . ENTER_CUSTOMER_URL);

This way you get to see the output.

--
Chris Hope - The Electric Toolbox - http://www.electrictoolbox.com/

chris, thanks for the tip. the value printed is the ocrrect url.

i think the problem is how header handles variables within the quotes
used to pass the string to the header function.

there must be some kind of methodology for handling this - i'll search
the net some and get back.