Question

In a functions.php I use a redirect to show a profile page when a correct code is added to the homepage. It worked before, but ever since a third party coder added some changes it no longer does. I initially added an isset to remove a Undefined index: post_type error. Now there are no more errors, but instead of being redirected to the profile view I am being redirected to the final else statement: a 404. Here is the redirect code:

    function my_template_redirect()
{
    global $wp;
    global $wp_query;

    if (isset($_REQUEST['post_type']))

    { 
    if ($_REQUEST['post_type']=="signup")
    {
        // Let's look for the property.php template file in the current theme
        if (have_posts())
        {
            include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/register.php');
            die();
        }
        else
        {
            $wp_query->is_404 = true;
        }
    }else if ($_REQUEST['post_type']=="viewprofile")
    {
        // Let's look for the property.php template file in the current theme
        if (have_posts())
        {
            include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/viewprofile.php');
            die();
        }
        else
        {
            $wp_query->is_404 = true;
        }
    }
}
    }

Profile view code is here: http://pastebin.com/1Nkxp0Zv . Form code on home is:

<div class="container">
                    <form action="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/?post_type=viewprofile" method="post">
                    <span>Enter your code here:</span><input name="enterCodeId" type="text" class="inputBox" /><input type="submit" value="GO!" class="go" />
                    </form>
              </div>

Any ideas why my key is no longer accepted and keep on getting 404-ed via the last else statement?

Answer 1

Looks like the only way to get to that is by not having any posts, or if the have_posts() function returns a falsy value. That’s where you will find your error.