Redirect problem

[Will]

I downloaded a PHP webcounting script from the web. I got it working on
my home test server but the same thing does not work when I put on my
hosting server.

the string that calls the script is:
<a href="webcounte r.php?src=http://www.cnn.com"> CNN </a>


The code that handles it is:

$extra_ext = "redirect:" ;

if (basename($PHP_ SELF)=="webcoun ter.php") {
// we are indexing a different file
$source = $_GET['src'];

$tmp = substr($source, 0, 6);

if ($tmp=='http:/' || $tmp=='https:' || $tmp=='ftp://') {
$location=$sour ce;
$rpage = $extra_ext.$sou rce;

}
else {
$location=$root page.$source;
$rpage = $extra_int.$sou rce;
}
webcounter ($ctype,$rpage) ;
header ("Location: $location");
exit;
}

I can post some more of the code if anyone needs it. On the host server
the string is being formed right but the redirect is not working.

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Redirect problem

Will wrote:[color=blue]
> I downloaded a PHP webcounting script from the web. I got it working on
> my home test server but the same thing does not work when I put on my
> hosting server.[/color]

What are the differences between the two servers?
Linux/Windows?
IIS/Apache?
PHP 4.1.0/PHP 5.0.0?

and most importantly
home php.ini / host php.ini ?


Try inserting at the top of your scripts the two lines that follow so
that PHP will report the use of uninitialized variables:

error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set('displa y_errors', '1');


Happy Bug Hunting :)
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[Will]

Re: Redirect problem

Test server: Remote server:
Windows XP pro. Linux
Apache 1.3.27 Apache 1.3.27
PHP 4.3.4 PHP 4.3.2

I did a phpinfo() on the two servers and I did n't see any differences
that I thought would cause this but then what do I know.

Pedro Graca wrote:[color=blue]
> Will wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I downloaded a PHP webcounting script from the web. I got it working on
>>my home test server but the same thing does not work when I put on my
>>hosting server.[/color]
>
>
> What are the differences between the two servers?
> Linux/Windows?
> IIS/Apache?
> PHP 4.1.0/PHP 5.0.0?
>
> and most importantly
> home php.ini / host php.ini ?
>
>
> Try inserting at the top of your scripts the two lines that follow so
> that PHP will report the use of uninitialized variables:
>
> error_reporting (E_ALL);
> ini_set('displa y_errors', '1');
>
>
> Happy Bug Hunting :)[/color]

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Redirect problem

Will wrote:[color=blue]
> I downloaded a PHP webcounting script from the web. I got it working on
> my home test server but the same thing does not work when I put on my
> hosting server.
>
> the string that calls the script is:
><a href="webcounte r.php?src=http://www.cnn.com"> CNN </a>
>
>
> The code that handles it is:
>
> $extra_ext = "redirect:" ;
>
> if (basename($PHP_ SELF)=="webcoun ter.php") {
> // we are indexing a different file
> $source = $_GET['src'];
>
> $tmp = substr($source, 0, 6);
>
> if ($tmp=='http:/' || $tmp=='https:' || $tmp=='ftp://') {
> $location=$sour ce;
> $rpage = $extra_ext.$sou rce;
>
> }
> else {
> $location=$root page.$source;
> $rpage = $extra_int.$sou rce;
> }
> webcounter ($ctype,$rpage) ;
> header ("Location: $location");[/color]

Maybe your problem is not the header call, but something on the
webcounter function ...

Try a echo() before and after the call to webcounter()

// since you're debugging this turn on error reporting too
error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set('displa y_errors', '1');

echo 'before webcounter()';
webcounter($cty pe, $rpage);
echo 'after webcounter()';
header('Locatio n: ' . $location);
[color=blue]
> exit;
> }[/color]


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