Redirect a php page to multiple random links in php

Question

I am trying to create a redirect system on my site that will redirect a user from one php page to another random pages.

$rand_link=rand(20,60);
if($rand_link > 20)
{$link="/page2.php";}
if($rand_link > 30)
{$link="/page3.php";}
else
{$link="/default.php";}
header('Location: $link');

Is not working, this code is on my "main.php" file, when I enter "/main.php" I am getting redirected to 404 page of my hosting service.

Is there something wrong with my code?

How can I minimise this code? I have more then 15 links to redirect randomly?

Any help would be greatly appriciated?

The duplicate exactly shows you the difference between single and double quotes and that variables aren't parsed in single quotes. <- And that is exactly the problem in your code + the solution to use double quotes — Rizier123, Aug 02 '15 at 09:28

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 02 '15 at 04:13

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Between single quotes ('), variables are not interpreted.

Use double quotes:

header("Location: $link");

or, use string concatenation:

header('Location:'.$link);

To randomize:

$rand=rand(1,15);
header('Location:/page'.$rand.'.php');

edited Aug 02 '15 at 04:13

Pang

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answered Aug 02 '15 at 03:52

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Thank you so much, I used double quotes inside the header function and it solved the problem, – Amit Verma Aug 02 '15 at 04:08

Redirect a php page to multiple random links in php

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