I need a page to redirect to another page with out a set url. I tried using the way of combining strings...
Code: <?php
srand((double)microtime()*10000);
$number = rand(0,100);
$random[1] = "****";
$random[2] = "****";
$random[3] = "****";
$random[4] = "****";
$random[5] = "****";
$random[6] = "****";
$random[7] = "****";
$random[8] = "****";
$random[9] = "****";
$random[10] = "****";
$random[11] = "****";
$random[12] = "****";
$random[13] = "****";
$random[14] = "****";
$random[15] = "****";
$n = rand(1,15);
$word = $random['$n'];
$item = $HTTP_GET_VARS['item'];
$url = "file.php?id=" . $random['$n'] . $number . "&item=" . $item . "";
header("location:" . $url);
?>
...but in the end it will only come out as:
file.php?id=###&item=blah
instead of:
file.php?id=****###&item=blah
In other words, it does'nt put the random word into the url, it pretty much ignores it. it worked when I typed it in, but I tried it automaticly and it did'nt work 
.
Please help.I did not release the whole code so, all my random variables = ****, but in the real code there all differant.
Never mind, I found the problem. Thanks for all that help, and in all a matter of 1 minute!
Wow, we're getting so good at this, we can do it telepathically now...
Code:
<?php
srand((double)microtime()*10000);
$number = rand(0,100);
$random = array( "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****" ,"****", "****", "****", "****", "****");
$n = rand(0,15);
$word = $random['$n'];
$item = $HTTP_GET_VARS['item'];
$url = "file.php?id=" . $random['$n'] . $number . "&item=" . $item . "";
header("location:" . $url);
?>
Slight optimization... saves you... about 13 lines of code 
Code: <?php
srand((double)microtime()*10000);
$number = rand(0,100);
$random = array( "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****" ,"****", "****", "****", "****", "****");
$n = rand(0,15);
$url = "file.php?id=" . $random['$n'] . $number . "&item=" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['item'] . "";
header("location:" . $url);
?>
Two more gone. 
Code:
<?php
srand((double)microtime()*10000);
$random = array( "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****", "****" ,"****", "****", "****", "****", "****");
$n = rand(0,15);
$url = "file.php?id=" . $random[$n] . rand(0, 100) . "&item=" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['item'] . "";
header("location:" . $url);
?>
Fixed a bug that would have prevented it from working properly 
EDIT: and got rid of another line
you know, fewer lines don't necessarily mean its faster.... (this ain't TI-Basic) - and 99% of the time it won't result in a smaller program either
White Space == Good (when used properly) in a computer program. For example, it would be better programming practice to break that array up into multiple lines, like such
Code: array("*****", "*****", "*****", "*****",
"*****", "*****", "*****", "*****");
So that the array elements start at the same column, and don't exceed 80 characters per line.
Hmm... true
Generally I do use some whitespace for readibility.. it's not always a huge priority, and depends on what the code is.. I use less white space in MySQL queries and more in arrays (usually, with arrays, i put one element per line)
I'm terrible with whitespace in PHP; I hardly ever put lines between thinks, except perhaps different subfunctions.
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