Address Bar not changing - PHP

Question

I am using header('Location:') to redirect the user to another webpage. But, instead of overwriting the previous address on the address bar, the new one gets appended to the one already present. For example:

The address bar currently holds:

localhost/v2/admin

and there is header('Location:'.DIRADMIN.'login.php'); where DIRADMIN is a constant defined as

define(DIRADMIN,'localhost/v2/admin/');

Then, after the redirect, the new address bar would be

localhost/v2/admin/localhost/v2/admin/login.php

I thought it was because of the server, I am using. I was using Uniform Server Zero. But then I installed WAMP and the problem continues.

I am still a noob, I have no idea what is causing this and if the problem is because of mod_rewrite, then on both servers the module was active. I already checked some of the problems like redirect-PHP header(Location:..)

among others. I even did a google search for this but to no end. How can I solve this problem?

header_remove();

will not work as the first address was typed in manually and not set by header();

Try `header('Location:'.$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/login.php');` — Daan, Jun 25 '15 at 14:45
Please consider setting the `Location` header with a status code (301 -> permanent, 302 temp) — Elias Van Ootegem, Jun 25 '15 at 14:49

Skarlinski · Answer 1 · 2015-06-25T15:16:44.947

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Without the http prefix, browser is trying to find the path relative to your current one

Add "http://" as so

header('Location: '.DIRADMIN.'login.php');

If you want URL to be relative to your domain root path, you can just add '/'

header('Location: /'.DIRADMIN.'login.php');

You should always try to use a relative path - That way, if you change your domain, your code still works.

edited Jun 25 '15 at 15:16

answered Jun 25 '15 at 14:46

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It worked only for one redirect. The other one still has the same problem. – rathorsunpreet Jun 25 '15 at 15:10
@rathorsunpreet Please explain what do you mean by other redirect – Skarlinski Jun 25 '15 at 15:15
@rathorsunpreet Which of the two examples are you using? – Skarlinski Jun 25 '15 at 15:16
The other redirect was header('Location:'.DIRADMIN.'?logout'); It was still not working with your workaround. I then tried, what PHP Worm... wrote and all redirects worked. – rathorsunpreet Jun 27 '15 at 16:34

PHP Worm... · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-26T10:55:58.077

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Define

define('DIRADMIN','localhost/v2/admin/);

As

define('DIRADMIN','http://localhost/v2/admin/');

edited Jun 26 '15 at 10:55

answered Jun 25 '15 at 14:51

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Firstly, it should be `define("DIRADMIN"...` not `define(DIRADMIN...`. The latter method of using assumed strings is not recommended and PHP will issue notices about it (depending on level of error reporting selected). – Eborbob Jun 26 '15 at 09:48
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Secondly, this is hard wiring your code to the `http` protocol. If you change to `https` at some point in the future you'll need to update all these instances. Either get the current protocol, or use protocol-relative URLS, e.g. `define("DIRADMIN", '//localhost/v2/admin/');` – Eborbob Jun 26 '15 at 09:52

Address Bar not changing - PHP

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