Putting Product display on index.php

[Sawtooth500]

Hello,

 

I am coding in a custom "featured products" function where my client can select a product and have the full product display on the home screen, index.php. I need to get the productID in the URL for index.php. For example, in index.php, I put

 

header("location: http://www.skinquotient.com/index.php?products_id=17");

 

as the very first line before anything else. However, the site does not load with this for some reason. Anyone know why? Thanks.