Redirect to website using PHP

Question

I just started learning PHP, and I wanted to make a redirection to a new site. I want it to be somewhat like the location.href="http://example.com" in Javascript, but I didn't find anything... Any ideas?

Here's an idea for you: [RTM: `header` is what you need](http://www.php.net/header) — Elias Van Ootegem, Feb 18 '15 at 09:09
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/768431/how-to-make-a-redirect-in-php — ksbg, Feb 18 '15 at 09:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:09

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In PHP you have to set header. Check Manual

header("Location:http://example.com");

answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:09

Sadikhasan

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 18 '15 at 09:40

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Try this:

header("location: http://example.com");

exit();

exit() is must, else the codes after header will be executed.

edited Feb 18 '15 at 09:40

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answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:09

Sarath Mohan

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`exit() is must`: just that it's not. So what if the remaining code is executed? It's not a must its just a precaution for lazy programmers. If the code was written well then a redirect would be made at the logical end of the code where there is no further processing left. – Hanky Panky Feb 18 '15 at 09:46
@Hanky, i think the termination of script execution & calling the destructors might be the enough reason for using the exit() after header() :) – Sarath Mohan Feb 18 '15 at 10:42

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:21

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In the PHP code you have to set header like below

header("Location:http://example.com");
exit();

Or you can set like this

<?php
   echo"<script>window.location='URL of your website'</script>";
?>

answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:21

varad mayee

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:38

You can echo the HTML/HTTP redirection tag. Just paste the following

<?php
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://example.com/" />'
?>

Please escape the quotes and change the URL appropriately.

This should be the first line written to the browser or it may or may not work.

Repeat Using Javascript

<?php
echo '<script type='text/javascript''>window.location.href='example.com'</script>

?>

Please escape the quotes appropriately

Redirect to website using PHP

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