[PHP] How can I make a PHP maintenance page?

[PixelPro]

EDIT
After I re-edited XZeenon's code, and uploaded my PHP files to my web-host it started working. It's Firefox that doesn't allow the code to work.

So thanks XZeenon!

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Hello,

I was wondering how I can redirect users to a 'maintenance.php' page if in the index.php it shows "$maintenance = 1" and how I can show index.php if it shows "$maintenance = 0"

Can someone help me out here?

 

[XZeenon]

idk if this is how to do it im rusty on php bu there

<?php
$maintenance = "1";

if ($maintenance=="1")
header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/maintenance.php' ) ;
else
header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/index.php' ) 
?>

 

[PixelPro]

idk if this is how to do it im rusty on php bu there

<?php
$maintenance = "1";

if ($maintenance=="1")
header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/maintenance.php' ) ;
else
header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/index.php' ) 
?>

Thanks for trying but the code didn't work for me. I also tried editing your code but it still didn't work.

 

[XZeenon]

Thanks for trying but the code didn't work for me. I also tried editing your code but it still didn't work.

yeah for some reason it wont work but it should.

 

[PaulBub]

You could try :

  <?php
$maintenance = "1";
    
if ($maintenance=="1")
    include("http://www.yoursite.com/maintenance.php") ;
else
    include("http://www.yoursite.com/index.php") ;
?>

PS: In the code you posted, it's missing a semicolon.

 

[coolep6]

no its becasue your getting a loop

just use this mate

  <?php
$maintenance = "1";
    
if ($maintenance == "1") {
    include("http://www.yoursite.com/maintenance.php") ;
}
?>

dose work i tested it

 

[Pure]

no its becasue your getting a loop

just use this mate

  <?php
$maintenance = "1";
    
if ($maintenance == "1") {
    include("http://www.yoursite.com/maintenance.php") ;
}
?>

dose work i tested it

Also, I'd advise you using after you've included the mainteance.php

  <?php
$maintenance = "1";
    
if ($maintenance == "1") {
    include("http://www.yoursite.com/maintenance.php") ;
// lets cut of the rest of the script :)>
    die;
}
?>

 

[FragFrog]

no its becasue your getting a loop

And the genius of the day award goes to coolep6 :laugh:

Your script was sending users back to itself. In firefox this is usually seen as an infinitely loading page, shortly followed by a 404 (page not found). IE generally just ignores the second header redirect close as I can tell.

Alternatively a much faster solution would consist of adding a .htaccess rule, provided you use an Apache webserver (IIS has a seperate module for adding these kind'a rules):

RewriteEngine on
# Comment out the next line if you want to stop redirecting.
RewriteRule !^(favicon\.ico|maintainance\.php) maintainance.php [L]

 

[PixelPro]

Thanks alot everyone, it works now.

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