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**rwBilly**

I am having a break down in the "how to turn the page process.
If a html form has the action attribute set to itself when the form is sumitted it validates (or not) then how does one get to the next page.

I have a hidden variable - $validated but am a loss where to go with it.

My code so far is based on a really sorry book "Professional PHP Programming" and it glosses over or simply dismisses big fundamentals. The book is written for someone that already knos and loves the language.

**ray_cormier**

Actually that is a good book you have. You might try reading it all the way through. There are plenty of examples to show you how to do what you are referring to.

example:

<?php

switch ($form) :
case "validate" :
if ($accept == 1) {
echo "Thank you, visit <a href="www.someurl.com">Our Sponsor</a>n";
} else {
echo "Sorry you don't agee.<br>n";
}

default :
echo "<form action="$PHP_SELF" method=post>n";
echo "<select name=accept><option value="1">Agree <option value="2">Disagree</select>n";
echo "</form>n";
endswitch;
?>

**freakyG!**

you may want to put some javascript to it. ok, say this is a part of the script which validates your form and send it's information to another file..

...
//validation goes here
if(whatever condition) {
$validated = 1;
echo '
<html><title></title><head>
<script>
function sendthis(****) {
****.submit();
}
</script>
</head><body onLoad="sendthis(document.damnform);">
<form action="somewhere" name="damnform">
<input type="hidden" name="something" value="idduno">
...
';
}

note the <body> part and the script. the onLoad will ensure you that this form will automatically submit itself when loaded; of course, you may want to put some validification function before the html, that's why i putted some simple conditional function..

**rwBilly**

The book misses a decent table of contents, lame index pages and no glossary which you will see when you attempt to use it as a text book. however, I digress

I'm not having a problem embedding an anchor I' having a problem redirecting the form to another url under software control. At first glance the REFERENCE:HEADER would work eg:

if ($validated) {
Header("Location: <A HREF="http://www.domain.com/member.html");" TARGET=_blank>http://www.domain.com/member.html");</A>
}
else {
Header("Location: <A HREF="http://www.domain.com/login.html");" TARGET=_blank>http://www.domain.com/login.html");</A>
}

but no joy there either.

Still stuck checking out (horror) the java app below.

be a good time to have an idea

Bill

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ray_cormier:
Actually that is a good book you have. You might try reading it all the way through. There are plenty of examples to show you how to do what you are referring to.

example:

<?php

switch ($form) :
case "validate" :
if ($accept == 1) {
echo "Thank you, visit <a href="www.someurl.com">Our Sponsor</a>n";
} else {
echo "Sorry you don't agee.<br>n";
}

default :
echo "<form action="$PHP_SELF" method=post>n";
echo "<select name=accept><option value="1">Agree <option value="2">Disagree</select>n";
echo "</form>n";
endswitch;
?>[/quote]

**rod k**

Why don't you tell us what happens when your script hits the header("Location ..)??

Maybe then we can help you.

**rwBilly**

I am trying every combination of the following, with out success.

The manual insists that there be no output prior to the below: Noticee the example dosen't have script tags (eg <?php ?> ) around it but I have tried every posible combination of the line:

Header ("Location://www.domain.com/member.html");

and no joy - thought that I had discovered a new route to nirvana when I found the following fragment - but no... Just another whirlpool of false hope in a sea of dispair.

Bill

if ($validated) {
Header("Location: <A HREF="http://www.domain.com/member.html");" TARGET=_blank>http://www.domain.com/member.html");</A>
}
else {
Header("Location: <A HREF="http://www.domain.com/login.html");" TARGET=_blank>http://www.domain.com/login.html");</A>
}

This is from
http://www.php.net/manual/html/function.header.html for more info.

**rod k**

I don't know how else to but this: post your entire script thru the header() statements and tell us EXACTLY what happens. All you are telling us is "no joy" that isn't enough information to help you.

**rwBilly**

Good news, joy in mudville
Got the header to play with the following:

<?PHP
$rs = 0;
if ($rs == 0) {
header("Location:http://www.mydomain.com/memberservices.php3");
exit;
}

if ($rs == 1) {
header("Location: <A HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/Quiz/members.htm");" TARGET=_blank>http://www.mydomain.com/Quiz/members.htm");</A>
}
else{
header("Location: <A HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/Quiz/index.htm");" TARGET=_blank>http://www.mydomain.com/Quiz/index.htm");</A>
}

?>

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