i dont know if i quite understand your question but try this approach.
So anything else will be addressed in default
switch($_REQUEST['firstname']){
case "david":
bla bla bla
break;
case "smith":
bla bla bla
break;
default:
"Direct access to this file is not allowed"
break;
}
--- In php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sudhakar" <finals27@...> wrote:
>
>
> my question is about displaying a friendly message when someone
> directly types a url in the browser. example i have one file
>
> called form.php which processes the information entered in the form
> and lets say the next page is
> thankyou.php?firstname=david by seeing the url if someone types
> thankyou.php?firstname=smith in the address bar the browser
>
> will display smith.
>
> 1. so if a user enters a url in the browser directly to a specific
> page("thankyou.php") i would like to display a message
>
> like = "Direct access to this file is not allowed"
>
> 2. with the above method assuming even if i type thankyou.php in the
> browser directly, though i own the file i will also get
> the message "Direct access to this file is not allowed". so i would
> not like to see this message, i guess for this i need to
>
> specify my IP address i suppose.
>
> 3. also if a user by mistake types the wrong url directly in the
> address bar ex= www.website.com/abou.php instead of
> typing www.website.com/aboutus.php instead of the browser displaying
> File not found or a 404 error message i would like to
> display a customized page which will still have the same look and feel
> of my website in terms of the layout and i would like
>
> to display a message such as = "Page could not be found" Does this
> have to be done from apache perspective or can it be done
> using php. please suggest the procedure in either case apache OR php.
>
> please advice.
>
> thanks.
>
