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November 2nd, 2012, 01:53 PM

Sildona

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PHP5 - Dynamic PHP / Mysql Link leads to blank page

I have an auto generated link that gets assigned to some Mysql query data.

The link seems to work

Code:

echo "<a href= '../prog/link.php?field=".urlencode($imgrow['customer_name'] ) . "'><h3>$imgrow[customer_name]</h3></a>";

and it points to "link.php" which is below

Code:

<?php

$link = urldecode( $_GET['customer_name'] );
echo "$link";

?>

But the destination page is blank. The database customer_name is filled with data.

And the URL that the page goes to =

http://website/prog/link.php?field=John+A.+Doe

what code do I need for my "link.php" file to work properly, so the customer's profile information in the database shows up on the destination page?

November 2nd, 2012, 02:24 PM

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Debug your link.php page. What do you mean "what code is required"? Do you want us to write a whole page for you given the requirements "it has to do something with the name"?

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November 2nd, 2012, 04:59 PM

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I dont know what you obtain,but the problem which is obviously derived from "$_GET['customer_name']"...I think that it is empty

November 2nd, 2012, 06:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ManiacDan

Debug your link.php page. What do you mean "what code is required"? Do you want us to write a whole page for you given the requirements "it has to do something with the name"?

A whole page? The problem is probably one line missing, and I thought someone might know what that was. I have come across other tutorials that have expanded on this, and I believe the most complicated solutions was, I dunno, 8 lines.

If this solutions requires an entire page (what does that even mean when we're talking about digital pages (250,000 lines of code?), I'll find an easier solution.

November 2nd, 2012, 06:04 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by maximas

I dont know what you obtain,but the problem which is obviously derived from "$_GET['customer_name']"...I think that it is empty

Yeah, it certainly behaves as if it's empty. Yet....

On another forum, I found someone who experienced something similar and got a solution. If it works for me, I'll try post the solution.

Thanks!

November 2nd, 2012, 06:27 PM

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Hey maniac and maximas,

Try replacing the line:-
echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>URL TEXT GOES HERE</a>";

With:-
echo "<a href = '{$row3['Remote_URL']}'>{$row3['Remote_URL']}</a>";

is the only half suggestion I've found, but I am having a hard time with the syntax.

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