spacepoet Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Hi: Can anyone tell me why the following is not working: a_Photo_Delete.php <?php $photo_id = $_REQUEST['photo_id']; mysql_query("DELETE FROM gallery_photos WHERE photo_id = $photo_id"); header("Location: a_Photo_Edit.php"); ?> <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta charset="ISO-8859-1" /> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html> ------------------------------ a_Photo_Edit.php <p> <?php if ($_REQUEST['URL'] == 'a_Photo_Delete.php') { echo "<span class=\"textError\">Photo successfully deleted!</span>"; } ?> </p> The photo gets deleted OK, and the HEADER goes to the "a_Photo_Edit.php" page properly, but the "Photo successfully deleted!" message does not show up .. Confused why .. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeytooth Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Because your redirecting the page before it has a chance to actually output that.. with header("Location")....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 No, the location in the header goes to a different URL. The reason the message isn't showing up is that you're not passing any value via the URL, so there's nothing in the $_REQUEST['URL']. You probable want to use $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']. Echo it first to see what it is. Or put a value on the URL in the header: <?php header("Location: a_Photo_Edit.php?URL=a_Photo_Delete.php"); exit(); ?> Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepoet Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Hi, I tried it like this: <p> <?php if ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] == 'a_Photo_Delete.php') { echo "<span class=\"textError\">Photo successfully deleted!</span>"; } ?> </p> but it still doesn't work. I'm stumped because I took the code from another site, and it works fine on that one. Odd .. any other ideas? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrbnsn Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Did you check to see what's in $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']? <?php echo '<pre>' . print_r($_SERVER,true) . '</pre>'; ?> It's very unlikely that the other site worked fine with that code. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepoet Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 I do know the other site has a QueryString, so maybe that's why it worked? <?php $photo_id = $_REQUEST['photo_id']; mysql_query("DELETE FROM gallery_photos WHERE photo_id = $photo_id"); header("Location: a_Page.php?myID=1"); ?> So, it will not work the way I have it? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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