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[invitezone]

Hi there,
I have a simple php login script but need to change something slightly


$msg = 'Password incorrect.';



<form action="" method="POST">
<p>
<input type="password" name="password" size="20">
&nbsp;
<input type="submit" value="Login">
<input type="hidden" name="sub" value="sub">
</p>
<div class=error><?=$msg?></div>



instead of displaying the password incorrect message i would like to send the user to a url with their whatever they put as the password on the end

eg. www.mysite.com/1.php?substring=XXXX

where XXXX is their input


could some explain how I could do that please

thanks a lot

[MoT3rror]

You can use the function exec_header_redirect (http://members.vbulletin.com/api/vBulletin/_includes---functions.php.html#functionexec_header_redirect) when the login is invalid but I suggest highly not to redirect with the password already input. Sending a password in plain text is not a good thing to do. Also some browsers have problems with forms that have blank as the action or no action.

[invitezone]

thankyou for your answer but would you be able to show me how to use it? im new to this and I cant seem to make it work.

Do I do something like....

$msg = exec_header_redirect("www.mysite.com/1.php?substring=");

and also how do I add the incorrect password on the end?

thanks for your help.

[MoT3rror]

exec_header_redirect is a function that does the redirect, I don't believe it returns anything.


if() //invalid login
{
exec_header_redirect("1.php?substring=" . $password);
}

But like I said it is not good security wise to send the password in plain text or in any encryption that can easily be unencrypted.

[invitezone]

ok thanks i'll give that a try.

ps. im not using this to create a secure login or anything, im just adapting a login script to fit my needs. There will be the proper vbulletin login after this.

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hmmm im getting the error
Fatal error: Call to undefined function exec_header_redirect() in /home/invitezo/public_html/home.php on line 388

line 388 is

exec_header_redirect("1.php?substring=" . $password);

[Opserty]

Use the header (http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php)() function.

[invitezone]

ahhh working perfectly now, thanks very much to both of you for helping me

[Dismounted]

exec_header_redirect() is a vBulletin function and will only work if its files are included.