[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

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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