Redirect page using php

Question

I try this to redirect page using PHP:

if($var="error") echo '<script>location.href="404.php"</script>';

Works, but, is possible redirect the page directly from PHP?

should have been a very simple web search `php redirect`. WOuld have found it faster than it took to sign up on this site — charlietfl, Nov 02 '13 at 19:15
Hi, welcome to Stack Overflow! Please always search before asking. A search for `redirect using php` would have given you the correct answer. — Amal Murali, Nov 02 '13 at 19:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

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Yes, it is.

header('Location: http://google.com');
exit();

answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

Wiggler Jtag

+1 for [exit after header](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2747791/why-i-have-to-call-exit-after-redirection-through-headerlocation-in-php) – Dave Chen Nov 02 '13 at 19:46

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

-1

PHP redirects are done with header()

header('Location : '404.php');

answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

charlietfl

I'm not the downvoter, but this does not compile. You have one extra `'` in the string. – luiscubal Nov 02 '13 at 19:16

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

It is possible if you do it before any content:

<?php header("Location: 404.php"); ?>

If you have sent any content to the client, however, it will not work. This means even a doctype or whitespaces before the first PHP block.

Also, if you want to stop processing that page there just add exit; or exit(); there.

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

-1

Yes... you can use the location headers. Example:

<?php header('Location: 404.php'); ?>

However you can not use this if there is any kind of output before this statement.

answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:13

SpiderLinked

Sumit Bijvani · Answer 5 · 2013-11-02T19:19:33.837

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Use header() function

header("Location: 404.php");
exit();

edited Nov 02 '13 at 19:19

answered Nov 02 '13 at 19:14

Sumit Bijvani

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