Passing a key through a LP rotater script

[FearsomeOrange]

I have cobbled together a switch.php that will serve up three different landers, rotating through each one in increments:
[high=php]
<?php
//get the current value in the file
$counthandle=fopen("count.txt","r");
$getcurrent=fread($counthandle,filesize("count.txt"));

switch($getcurrent){
case "1":header( 'Location:/1.php' );$getcurrent = "2";break;
case "2":header( 'Location:/2.php' );$getcurrent = "3";break;
case "3":header( 'Location:/3.php' );$getcurrent = "1";break;

}
//update the file
fclose($counthandle);
$counthandle1=fopen("count.txt","w");
fputs($counthandle1,$getcurrent);
fclose($counthandle1);
?>[/high]

But at the top of each of these pages I have this, which no longer works (for obvious reasons, I guess):
[high=html]
<?php
require("header.php");

$searchedterm = "";
if (isset($_REQUEST["key"])) {
$searchedterm = $_REQUEST["key"];
}
?> <div id="main_content_text">
<span id="main_content_title">Get <span id="focus"><?php print(ucfirst(strtolower($searchedterm))); ?></span> Your Widgets Today!</span><br>
[/high]

Is there a way that I can pass $searchedterm through the rotator.php to each of the landers?

I thank you in advance.

Fearsome.

 

[mattfca]

use get

"/1.php?key=".$yourtermvar

and you can use

$_GET['key'];

 

[FearsomeOrange]

Thank you for your quick reply. I hate to ask this, but as a total n00b in php, could you give me an example of where I would put either of those lines, or how I would use them?

Thanks again.

 

[Etherswift]

switch($getcurrent){ 
    case "1":header( 'Location:/1.php?key='.$searchedterm);$getcurrent = "2";break; 
    case "2":header( 'Location:/2.php?key='.$searchedterm);$getcurrent = "3";break; 
    case "3":header( 'Location:/3.php?key='.$searchedterm);$getcurrent = "1";break; 
}

and in 1.php, 2.php or 3.php, you can get the value of the $searchedterm variable like this:

echo $_GET['searchedterm'];

ps: what forum tags you used to format the code this way? i tried

 and [php] to no avail

 

[mattfca]

switch($getcurrent){ 
    case "1":header( 'Location:/1.php?key='.$searchedterm);$getcurrent = "2";break; 
    case "2":header( 'Location:/2.php?key='.$searchedterm);$getcurrent = "3";break; 
    case "3":header( 'Location:/3.php?key='.$searchedterm);$getcurrent = "1";break; 
}

and in 1.php, 2.php or 3.php, you can get the value of the $searchedterm variable like this:

echo $_GET['searchedterm'];

ps: what forum tags you used to format the code this way? i tried

 and [php] to no avail[/QUOTE]



[php]
echo $_GET['key'];
[/php]not searchedterm, but yeah thats what you do.

 

[FearsomeOrange]

ps: what forum tags you used to format the code this way? i tried

 and [php] to no avail[/QUOTE]

I just read the sticky at the top of the forum about script posting and used:

[ high=php ] [ /high ]   (without the spaces, of course.

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!

 

[FearsomeOrange]

echo $_GET['key'];

not searchedterm, but yeah thats what you do.

So where in this:

[high=php]
<?php
require("header.php");

$searchedterm = "";
if (isset($_REQUEST["key"])) {
$searchedterm = $_REQUEST["key"];
}
?>

<div id="main_content_text">
<span id="main_content_title">get <span id="focus"><?php print(ucfirst(strtolower($searchedterm))); ?></span> your widgets Today!</span><br>
<div id="innerbox">[/high]

Do I put

[high=php]
echo $_GET['key'];
[/high]

Thanks again, sorry to be such a n00ber on this.

 

[Etherswift]

echo $_GET['key'];

not searchedterm, but yeah thats what you do.

oh crap..i've mesed up ..didn't really pay much attention..
matt is right `bout this, you need to use the 'key' index of the $_GET array to access the value of the $searchedterm variable


my bad :conehead:

 

[mattfca]

no , replace $_REQUEST['key'] with $_GET['key']

and on the rotator script, make sure you set $searchedterm to the keyword you want

 

[Etherswift]

[high=php]
<?php
require("header.php");

$searchedterm = "";
if (isset($_GET['key'])) {
$searchedterm = $_GET['key'];
}
?>

<div id="main_content_text">
<span id="main_content_title">get <span id="focus"><?php print(ucfirst(strtolower($searchedterm))); ?></span> your widgets Today!</span><br>
<div id="innerbox">
[/high]

edit: oh snap..posted at the same time as matt, probably seconds later..anyway, that's the full code

 

[FearsomeOrange]

You guys rule. I got it working.

 

[awesometbn]

This thread is why I keep lurking and coming back over and over. Very nice!

And I completely missed using [ high ] instead of code for quoting scripts. Excellent.