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My problem is this. I want a code, that would allow the phrase that i type in my html/php form, to be automatically put into a link in a search engine. I know how to do this with frames using variables, but how could i do that with opening new pages?
How I would like it to go:
www.mypage.com/search contains a webform. I input a phrase like BOB in the webform, and it transfers me to a link like [google.com ]
All i need is the corect syntax how to input that there...
all you owuld need to do is grab the value from your $_POST array, concatenate it into your string (url) and then feed that string to the header function.
if your textbox was call 'searchterm' then it might look something like
$st = $_POST['searchterm'];
$url = 'http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=' . $st . '&btnG=Google+Search';
header("Location: $url");
this would send them off to google with the required url. I did not add any data verification to the first line which you should add but you can test this to see if it does what you want.
Thanks allready!
Fix my code/Do My Homework posts are not all that welcome. This is a discussion board, if you have a problem, try to phrase your post in a manner condusive to discussion of the issue. We want to teach people to help themselves. (Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a life time.
save the above code to a file with whatever name you like, let's call it redir.php
then you make a form and add that script name to the form action. For this example the files need to be in the same directory. Something like this would be fine
<form name="getsearchterm" method="post" action="redir.php">
<br>enter your search term: <input type="text" name="searchterm">
<br><input type="submit" value="Search for it">
</form>
give that a shot
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