Question

I am not familiar with php and want to write a redirect script using php (The server I am working on does not support asp)

I think it needs to be something like this

<?php if ($_GET[id]; == 'test') {echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.test.com" />'} ?>

I want to send a query string like http://www.domain.com?id=test then the page should redirect to http://www.test.com or a query like http://www.domain.com?id=example and it shoud redirect to http://www.theexamplesite.com

Using javascript and classic asp I would have done it like this:

<% if (Request.QueryString("id") == 'test') { %><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.test.com" /><% } %>
<% if (Request.QueryString("id") == 'example') { %><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.theexamplesite.com" /><% } %>

Hope you can help me!

Thanks

Answer 1

<?php

$targets = array(
  'test'    => 'http://www.test.com/',
  'example' => 'http://www.theexamplesite.com/',
);

if (isset($_GET['id']) && isset($targets[$_GET['id']]))
{
  header('Location: '.$targets[$_GET['id']]);
  exit;
}

That way you have a good view of your configured redirects and are able to add / remove / update them easily !