[RESOLVED] Trouble getting "get" vars from URL

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 03:25 AM

Does anyone know what's the problem with this javascript code here:

function a() {
var origionalurl = window.location
var arraywithurl = origionalurl[1].split("=")
var finalurl = arraywithurl[1]
alert(finalurl)
window.location = finalurl
}

I'm a begginer, so it's probably something very basic.

What I'm trying to do is redirect someone to a URL in a variable called "loc" in the address bar. So, I get the starting URL (It would look something like "myURL?loc=another_URL") and split it into two parts ("myURL?loc" and "another_URL") and then tell the person a message and then redirect them to "another_URL". What's my problem?

**Kor** · 05-29-2006 03:48 AM

I guess you wanted:

var arraywithurl = origionalurl.split("=")[1]

the array is origionalurl.split("="), not origionalurl

**phpnovice** · 05-29-2006 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by shane.carr

Does anyone know what's the problem with this java code here:

function a() {
var origionalurl = window.location
var arraywithurl = origionalurl[1].split("=")
var finalurl = arraywithurl[1]
alert(finalurl)
window.location = finalurl
}

That isn't java code. That is JavaScript code. Java is something totally and separately different from JavaScript and, thus, the two should not be confused with one another.

Otherwise... Besides the correction given in the previous post, this:

var origionalurl = window.location

should be this:

var origionalurl = window.location.search.substr(1);

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 12:47 PM

Thanks both of you! Some of it is fixed, but, the redirecting part still doesn't work. I do get a message with another_URL , but I'm not redirected to it. It redirects me to myURL with no get variables (see first post).

Here is the code I have now:

Code:

function a() {
	var origionalurl = window.location.search.substr(1);
	var arraywithurl = origionalurl.split("=");
	var finalurl = arraywithurl[1];
	alert(finalurl);
	window.location = finalurl;
}

What now?

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 02:14 PM

If I change the last line to "redirect(finalURL)" or "window.redirect(finalURL)", it still doesn't work.

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 02:24 PM

"document.location.href = finalURL" doesn't work either!

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 02:33 PM

even if I put in something like "document.loaction.href = "http://www.google.com/" it still doesn't work! It redirects me to the just original (myURL) page!

**phpnovice** · 05-29-2006 02:38 PM

There must be more to your document that is causing that problem. If this:

alert(finalurl);

shows the correct URL, then this:

window.location.href = finalurl;

will definitely navigate to that URL -- all things being equal.

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 02:40 PM

I know that it should, but it doesn't

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 02:43 PM

I don't know, maybe it's something with my server. Is there any way to get the variables from javascript to html where I can redirect?

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 03:01 PM

Here's the code from the entire document:

HTML Code:

<html>
<script language="javascript">
function a() {
	var origionalurl = window.location.search.substr(1);
	var arraywithurl = origionalurl.split("=");
	var finalurl = arraywithurl[1];
	alert(finalurl);
	window.location.href = finalurl;
}
</script>
<body>
<form><input type="submit" value="Submit" onClick="a();"></form>
</body>
</html>

Note: Right now, you have to click a submit button to activate the code. I'll make it on load later.

Does this help?

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 03:22 PM

Is there any other language that I could stick in there to make it redirect?

**phpnovice** · 05-29-2006 03:34 PM

Well, there's the problem right there. Change that submit button to a regular button and your code will work fine.

**shane.carr** · 05-29-2006 05:15 PM

You're a genius! It worked!

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