How to redirect to a different URL

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My site url is www.testing.com and there is another site www.testing.com/newsite.

I want everyone who hits www.testing.com/newsite to be redirected to www.newsite.com

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 15 '13 at 11:28

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So simply add below line at index page.

header("Location: http://www.testing.com", false, 301);
exit;

Or write it in common file that are included in every page.

make sure there is http:// in header location other wise it will look for directory.

And also put exit; at the end so other code will not execute.

because sending header will not terminate script execution.

--EDIT-- it should be 301 to make it last forever

edited Mar 15 '13 at 11:28

Unamata Sanatarai

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 11:05

Dipesh Parmar

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Disadvantage of this is that you need to make an index file in the newsite folder. A better way is to use .htaccess and redirect it from there. – S.Visser Mar 15 '13 at 11:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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If you have a directory /newsite then place a .htaccess inside that directory with:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.newsite.com/ [R=301,L]

However if you directed the newsite.com into the /newsite directory, then you need what Sankalp Mishra wrote in his answer. (but with newsite instead of testing)

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^newsite$ http://www.newsite.com/ [R=301,L]

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 11:07

Unamata Sanatarai

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Thanks , I want to redirect it on www.newsite.com so I should write it as RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.newsite.com/ [R=301,L] – Piyush Kumar Mar 15 '13 at 11:12
you're right, thanks for the correction! – Unamata Sanatarai Mar 15 '13 at 11:14
Ok I just want to confirm , If some one directly hit www.newsite.com , then this will not create the problem like redirect multiple times to same domain. – Piyush Kumar Mar 15 '13 at 11:30
**IFF** you place it inside the `/newsite` directory – Unamata Sanatarai Mar 15 '13 at 13:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 15 '13 at 11:07

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Write header like:

  header("Location: http://www.testing.com");

on the home page of http://www.testing.com/newsite

for more about header

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answered Mar 15 '13 at 11:06

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Can it is possible by htaccess ? – Piyush Kumar Mar 15 '13 at 11:10
@PiyushKumar use the unamata sanatarai's solution for using htaccess – sandip Mar 15 '13 at 11:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '13 at 11:07

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Use this in htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^newsite.*$ http://www.testing.com/ [R=301,L]

answered Mar 15 '13 at 11:07

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why use the .* in the expression? – Waygood Mar 15 '13 at 11:09

How to redirect to a different URL

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