PHP: Redirect to different URL
Published: 04 Jan 2023
Sometimes you want to redirect a user to the correct URL, such as when the URL change
Using PHP, it's fairly straight forward to redirect someone and it also quick than doing it through HTML
302 Moved temporarily
If you just want to temporarily move the user, then code 302 is the one for you and not extra definition is needed
[snippet]header("Location: https://www.example.com/correct/url");
exit;[/snippet]
Inside your PHP code, you will need to add an header with URL to redirect and on the next line, you need to add exit or bots and other applications might ignore the re-direct
301 Moved permanently
If page is permanently moved, then 301 will tell the ones visiting your page that this page have permanently moved and they should always use the new URL
[snippet]header('Location: https://www.example.com/correct/url', true, 301);
exit;[/snippet]
Single VS Double quote
If you're using variables, you'll need to use double quote or it will not work. Single quote works fine if no variable is used
[snippet]$new_url = https://www.example.com/correct/url;
header("Location: $new_url");[/snippet]
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