Put url into variable?

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I'm trying to add a paused re-direct to a URL using:

    
echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content="3; URL=$mylink">';
    Code (markup):
    But whenever I give the variable '$mylink' a value such as 'http://forums.digitalpoint.com' it won't read the value and tries to re-direct to $mylink instead.

    What am I doing wrong?

    T
     
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    Amsterdam, Dec 11, 2011 IP
  2. #2
    Take a look here: http://ca.php.net/types.string

    echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"Refresh\" Content=\"3; URL=$mylink\">";
    PHP:
    echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content="3; URL=' . $mylink . '">';
    PHP:
     
    proactiv3, Dec 11, 2011 IP
  3. NIKOLO

    NIKOLO Member

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    #3
    Everything is wrong in your code :(

    1. Never use upper case letter for tags in HTML (you must write <meta instead of <META)
    2. If it is refresh function, why u need enter url? Refresh means update same page, so you can leave it blank
    2. Use JavaScript for page refresh, as I remember refresh by meta tag is not supported some modern browsers

    There is JavaScript example for page refresh:
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Page Refresh</title>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function autorefresh(timeout) {
	setTimeout("location.reload(true);", (timeout*1000));
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body onload="autorefresh(5);">

Bla Bla Bla :)

</body>
</html>
    Code (markup):
    5 in body tag means seconds between refresh

    <body onload="autorefresh(5);">

    so if you change it to 10, page will be updated every 10 second.
     
    NIKOLO, Dec 11, 2011 IP
  4. yho_o

    yho_o Well-Known Member

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    #4 
    <?php
    $mylink = "http://www.google.com";
    echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV='Refresh' Content='3' URL='{$mylink}'>";
?>
    Code (markup):
    or use header for instant redirect:
    <?php    $mylink = "http://www.google.com";
    header("Location:{$mylink}");
?>
    Code (markup):
    hope it helps, gud luck
     
    yho_o, Dec 11, 2011 IP
  5. skyfe

    skyfe Active Member

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    #5
    Better use PHP built-in headers for redirecting/refreshing if you're afraid some browsers may not support your code.
     
    skyfe, Dec 13, 2011 IP
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    ekaddu Active Member

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    #6
    some hostings allow headers to be sent only once. if this is the case with ur hosting then nikolos code would be useful.
     
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  7. Rukbat

    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    #7
    That's a function of PHP, not the hosting. Using output buffering eliminates the problem.
     
    Rukbat, Dec 15, 2011 IP