Opening A New Window & Redirecting In Php

Hi,

I have absolutely no knowledge on php and im creating a site using joomla. Im trying to edit a php file in my joomla template to open a new window and redirect the user to a new page. Here is the piece of coding im trying to edit.

$this->setRedirect('index.php', $message);

Right now whmen a user registers in my site they get redirected to the home page (index.php) but i need to open a new window and redirect the to some other url. Replacing the index.php worked but still in the same old window.

cheers

 

can you show us the setRedirect function

 

well i guess you are asking for the coding of the signup form. When a user registers through this form they get redirected to index.php. so im trying to change it. cheers. heres the code of the sign up form.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
Window.onDomReady(function(){
document.formvalidator.setHandler('passverify', function (value) { return ($('password').value == value); } );
});
// -->
</script>

<?php
if(isset($this->message)){
$this->display('message');
}
?>


<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_user' ); ?>" method="post" id="josForm" name="josForm" class="form-validate">

<?php if ( $this->params->def( 'show_page_title', 1 ) ) : ?>
<div class="componentheading<?php echo $this->params->get( 'pageclass_sfx' ); ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_title')); ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="contentpane">
<tr>
<td width="30%" height="40">
<label id="namemsg" for="name">
<?php echo JText::_( 'Name' ); ?>:
</label>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="40" value="<?php echo $this->user->get( 'name' );?>" class="inputbox required" maxlength="50" /> *
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="40">
<label id="usernamemsg" for="username">
<?php echo JText::_( 'Username' ); ?>:
</label>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username" size="40" value="<?php echo $this->user->get( 'username' );?>" class="inputbox required validate-username" maxlength="25" /> *
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="40">
<label id="emailmsg" for="email">
<?php echo JText::_( 'Email' ); ?>:
</label>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" size="40" value="<?php echo $this->user->get( 'email' );?>" class="inputbox required validate-email" maxlength="100" /> *
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="40">
<label id="pwmsg" for="password">
<?php echo JText::_( 'Password' ); ?>:
</label>
</td>
<td>
<input class="inputbox required validate-password" type="password" id="password" name="password" size="40" value="" /> *
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="40">
<label id="pw2msg" for="password2">
<?php echo JText::_( 'Verify Password' ); ?>:
</label>
</td>
<td>
<input class="inputbox required validate-passverify" type="password" id="password2" name="password2" size="40" value="" /> *
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" height="40">
<?php echo JText::_( 'REGISTER_REQUIRED' ); ?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button class="button validate" type="submit"><?php echo JText::_('Register'); ?></button>
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="register_save" />
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="gid" value="0" />
<?php echo JHTML::_( 'form.token' ); ?>
</form>

 

He'd like to see the whole function. Somewhere in all the files, you'll see the code for the whole shebang.

function setRedirect($page, $message) {
// lotsa code
}

PHP:

Without knowing what the function does or wants, we can't help, since the function call (what you provided) is just a place-holder for all the code. By itself, it means nothing.

 

Hi,
WEll i think i found the correct function here (registration function), the code where it deals with the registration process.

function register()
{
$usersConfig = &JComponentHelper::getParams( 'com_users' );
if (!$usersConfig->get( 'allowUserRegistration' )) {
JError::raiseError( 403, JText::_( 'Access Forbidden' ));
return;
}

$user =& JFactory::getUser();

if ( $user->get('guest')) {
JRequest::setVar('view', 'register');
} else {
$this->setredirect('index.php?option=com_user&task=edit',JText::_('You are already registered.'));
}

parent::display();
}

/**
* Save user registration and notify users and admins if required
* @return void
*/
function register_save()
{
global $mainframe;

// Check for request forgeries
JRequest::checkToken() or jexit( 'Invalid Token' );

// Get required system objects
$user = clone(JFactory::getUser());
$pathway =& $mainframe->getPathway();
$config =& JFactory::getConfig();
$authorize =& JFactory::getACL();
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();

// If user registration is not allowed, show 403 not authorized.
$usersConfig = &JComponentHelper::getParams( 'com_users' );
if ($usersConfig->get('allowUserRegistration') == '0') {
JError::raiseError( 403, JText::_( 'Access Forbidden' ));
return;
}

// Initialize new usertype setting
$newUsertype = $usersConfig->get( 'new_usertype' );
if (!$newUsertype) {
$newUsertype = 'Registered';
}

// Bind the post array to the user object
if (!$user->bind( JRequest::get('post'), 'usertype' )) {
JError::raiseError( 500, $user->getError());
}

// Set some initial user values
$user->set('id', 0);
$user->set('usertype', '');
$user->set('gid', $authorize->get_group_id( '', $newUsertype, 'ARO' ));

$date =& JFactory::getDate();
$user->set('registerDate', $date->toMySQL());

// If user activation is turned on, we need to set the activation information
$useractivation = $usersConfig->get( 'useractivation' );
if ($useractivation == '1')
{
jimport('joomla.user.helper');
$user->set('activation', JUtility::getHash( JUserHelper::genRandomPassword()) );
$user->set('block', '1');
}

// If there was an error with registration, set the message and display form
if ( !$user->save() )
{
JError::raiseWarning('', JText::_( $user->getError()));
$this->register();
return false;
}

// Send registration confirmation mail
$password = JRequest::getString('password', '', 'post', JREQUEST_ALLOWRAW);
$password = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x1F\x7F]/', '', $password); //Disallow control chars in the email
UserController::_sendMail($user, $password);

// Everything went fine, set relevant message depending upon user activation state and display message
if ( $useractivation == 1 ) {
$message = JText::_( 'REG_COMPLETE_ACTIVATE' );
} else {
$message = JText::_( 'REG_COMPLETE' );
}

$this->setRedirect('index.php', $message);
}

function activate()
{
global $mainframe;

// Initialize some variables
$db =& JFactory::getDBO();
$user =& JFactory::getUser();
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();
$pathway =& $mainframe->getPathWay();

 

It is a Joomla template function. It won't open into a new window.

The parameters are:
url = the url you want to redirect to
msg = the message you want to display
type = the type of message it is, (error, message, etc.)

There is nothing in the function that allows you to open a new window. My recommendation is to use a different functionality. Maybe JavaScript or PHP would work for you.

I hope this helps.