PHP variable not being passed to url

Question

I'm trying to pass the variable $userhash to the url but for some reason it's not working. Here's my code:

header("Location: home.php?userhash=$userhash");

I know userhash has a value because I can echo it and see it if I comment out the header.

I tried doing something like this:

header("Location: home.php?userhash=test");

and also

header("Location: home.php?userhash='test'");

but each time I it redirects me to the next page the url always looks like this home.php?userhash=. What am I doing wrong?

not quite relevant, but syntactically header('Location: home.php?userhash='.$userhash); is better than header("Location: home.php?userhash=$userhash"); An exit; thereafter will also prevent any other code after that from running, however unlikely. — user2095686
– user2095686, Commented Apr 8, 2013 at 19:35

Miguelo · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-08 19:32:57Z

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put an exit after the header

header('Location: /home.php?username='.$username);
exit;

answered Apr 8, 2013 at 19:32

Miguelo

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Thanks that worked. I almost figured out the problem, it's not in login but in my home.php, I think i'm setting the url variable to nothing. Thanks!

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Sumit Bijvani · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-08 19:53:52Z

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Try this code

header("Location: home.php?userhash=".$userhash);
exit;

answered Apr 8, 2013 at 19:53

Sumit Bijvani

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