How to redirect in PHP

Question

File redirect.php contain this code:

   <?php

$url  = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
$path = explode("?q=", $url); 
$last = end($path);
header('Location: http://mywebsite2.com/something&q='.$last);
?>

However, when I go http://mywebsite.com/redirect.php?q=anything, it shows an error:

Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by".

How to fix it?

Get rid of the whitespace before your ` – John Conde Apr 26 '14 at 16:46 — John Conde, Apr 26 '14 at 16:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '14 at 16:55

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header('Location: '.$yourURL);

or you can use

header("Location: yourPage.php");
die();

Why you should use die() go to this link

answered Apr 26 '14 at 16:55

Ferrakkem Bhuiyan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '14 at 16:47

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Looks like you have some whitespace before the opening <?php tag. This will cause the error.

   <?php
^^^ remove

answered Apr 26 '14 at 16:47

MrCode

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Yes, but I have other problem: I add echo $last; and it show "redirect.php". What I want is "anything". How to do it ? – user3576468 Apr 26 '14 at 16:50
Look at using `parse_str()` to get the variable. – MrCode Apr 26 '14 at 17:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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Header Must be FIrst HTML ELEMENT in the document Remember spaces do count as html elements

remove them

header('Location: http://mywebsite2.com/something&q=anything');
die():

for more

PHP variable in header function

EDITED

ADD ANYTHING IN YOUR URL :) SImple

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Apr 26 '14 at 16:53

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I have other problem: I add echo $last; and it show "redirect.php" result. What I want is "anything". How to do it ? – user3576468 Apr 26 '14 at 16:55
anything will come from $last ? – M.chaudhry Apr 26 '14 at 16:57

How to redirect in PHP

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