Problem using a variable with re-direct header location.....

[Eggweezer]

I am trying to use a variable in my re-direct, and cannot get it to work.

My original code was:

PHP Code:

header("Location: view_trail_gallery_images.php"); 


BUT, I am trying to replace the words trail_gallery with a variable called $galleryName
I have made numerous attempts which included .....

PHP Code:

header("Location: view_$galleryName_images.php"); 


I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

[tempz]

Originally Posted by Eggweezer

I am trying to use a variable in my re-direct, and cannot get it to work.

My original code was:

PHP Code:

header("Location: view_trail_gallery_images.php"); 


BUT, I am trying to replace the words trail_gallery with a variable called $galleryName
I have made numerous attempts which included .....

PHP Code:

header("Location: view_$galleryName_images.php"); 


I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

Try:

PHP Code:

header("Location: view_'.$galleryName.'_images.php"); 


[Eggweezer]

Ahh, thanks! I tried the single quotes, but it escaped me that I would have to concatenate the variable (with the periods). Nice! Thank you much!

[Fou-Lu]

This should also work: header("Location: view_{$galleryName}_images.php");. The problem is that it is greedy when dereferencing the variable, so it doesn't know where your variable name ends. It considered your entire variable to be all valid chars, so it was attempting to resolve $galleryName_images as your variable name.

Always enable your error reporting in development domain (even inline will suffice):

PHP Code:

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL); 


It should have triggered an error on an undefined variable.

[Eggweezer]

Got it. Thank you Fou-Lu