Redirect to URL with PHP

PHP
1

I have a form at index.php that takes in user input, it the includes and sends the user input to another php file for processing.

Here is the code of index.php:

<?php
if(isset($_GET['q'])){
    include_once "form.php";
    exit(0);
}
?>
<!Doctype HTML>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <title>Search</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form method="get">
         <input type="text" name="q" />
    </form>
    </body>
 </html>

When one submits the form it goes to http://mysite.com/?q=textUserEntered (if just the domain was visited before) or http://mysite.com/index.php?q=textUserEntered (if index.php is visited before)

How can I get it to go to http://mysite.com/form?q=textUserEntered or http://mysite.com/index.php/form?q=textUserEntered while still passing the form data to form.php

I tried this in the beginning index.php and form.php, it navigates to the URL but doesn’t pass the data to form.php and instead goes to a 404 error page.

if(!empty($_GET['q']))
{
    header("Location: form?q=".rawurlencode($_GET['q']));
    exit;
}

Update:

I can’t use the action attribute because adding form.php to the value of the action attribute would make the URL http://mysite.com/form.php?q=userEnteredText not http://mysite.com/form?q=userEnteredText

2

remove the exit() call from your if, and make your form’s Action point to form. (If you’re trying to hide the search after, use an ELSE)

3

@StarLion So, I remove the exit(); and then change the form’s action like so

<form action="/form" method="get"></form>

I don’t understand what you mean by

(If you’re trying to hide the search after, use an ELSE)

4

I think what @StarLion; means is this:



<?php
if( isset( $_GET['q'] ) )
{
    include_once "form.php";
    // exit(0);
}else{ ?>
<!Doctype HTML>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <title>Search</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form method="get">
         <input type="text" name="q" />
    </form>
    </body>
 </html>
<?php } ?>
5

Thats the right way to use your php code so as to include the “included page” and prevent the main page from showing.

6

Ah, okay. Thank you guys for your help! I will try this later today and let you all know!