PHP script to modify a dynamic website link and open a new tab

Question

This is my first question so if I am doing something wrong just let me know. I currently maintain a webserver running ubuntu, php and mysql.

What I would like to do is add a new page to the site which shows a user a box where they can input text and when they click "Go" it modifies a URL and opens a new tab.

For example the URL would look like the below.

http://1.2.4.5/api.php?getServices={"account":"variable"}

If the person was to input 12345 into the box and select Go it would modify the link to:

http://1.2.4.5/api.php?getServices={"account":"12345"}

I have attempted multiple different ways to implement this but had no luck so far and I can't seem to find any information about it online, could anyone give me a hand?

Answer 1

You can use JavaScript for this as:

$(document).on('click', '#buttonid', function(){
    var variable_name = $('#textboxid').val();
    var url = 'http://1.2.4.5/api.php?getServices={"account":"'+variable_name+'"}';
    window.open(url);
});

Or you can do it using PHP too. Add target="_blank" attribute in your <form> tag

<form action="action.php" target="_blank" method="post">

And then write this PHP script on action.php

$url = 'http://1.2.4.5/api.php?getServices={"account":"'.$_POST['variable_name'].'"}';
header('location: '.$url);