Can't redirect to another page using php

Question

This is the trouble-making code:

<?php
//some code here
$zone = 'op';
$url = 'thread-list.php?zone=$zone';
header('Location : '.$url);
?>

Everything before and after header is working fine but the page is not getting redirected! What should I do? Using Header is working fine on other pages except here!

Any output before the `header()` call? Make sure there isn't. — jeroen, Jun 04 '15 at 08:14
Any errors? On page, in error log, ...? Note: Variables in single quotes aren't executed, you will have dollar sign in URL. — pavel, Jun 04 '15 at 08:15
that is not possible that you are not being redirected and no error message also, then i think you need to turn on your error reporting use the function `ini_set('display_errors','on')` at the start of the code. — Sourabh Kumar Sharma, Jun 04 '15 at 08:17
There are some outputs before the header call, I put them there for debugging @jeroen Let me try removing them! — abhishah901, Jun 04 '15 at 08:18
I had errors flashed for other misakes but none for this one! Let me try your error reporter! @Sourabh — abhishah901, Jun 04 '15 at 08:20
the problem seems to be with `//some code here` make sure there is nothing echoed from that part of code — Sourabh Kumar Sharma, Jun 04 '15 at 08:22
Guys I had declared $url with single inverted commas.... I changed i to doubles and it worked.. Thanks! @Sourabh — abhishah901, Jun 04 '15 at 08:28
Guys I had declared $url with single inverted commas.... I changed i to doubles and it worked.. Thanks! @panther — abhishah901, Jun 04 '15 at 08:28

PHP Worm... · Answer 1 · 2015-06-04T08:32:33.130

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Use this:

There should be no space between "location" and ":"

$url='http://google.com' ;
 header("location: $url");

OR

header("Location: ".$url);

Also

    $url = 'thread-list.php?zone=$zone';

Here $zone is error It will not print the value of $zone

edited Jun 04 '15 at 08:32

answered Jun 04 '15 at 08:14

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there should be no space between "location" and ":" – PHP Worm... Jun 04 '15 at 08:19
Its done! I should've used " instead of ' while declaring $url. Thanks for the efforts though! – abhishah901 Jun 04 '15 at 08:30
That was what I was doing! It wasn't working with the single inverted commas but it worked with the Doubles! – abhishah901 Jun 04 '15 at 08:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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You should use either:

header("Location: " . $url);

or

header("Location: $url");
(double quotes evaluate the content)

What is the difference between single-quoted and double-quoted strings in PHP?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Jun 04 '15 at 08:20

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it worked when I used used " instead of ' while declaing $url. Thanks – abhishah901 Jun 04 '15 at 08:29
**Note:** If you have output before the `header()` call, use [output buffering](http://php.net/manual/en/book.outcontrol.php) – ʰᵈˑ Jun 04 '15 at 08:39

Can't redirect to another page using php

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