header location not redirecting WORDPRESS

Question

I'm using word-press and have embedded the following code in the body of the website with hope it will redirect the user the relevant page.

$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
$e=$current_user->user_email;

$result = mysql_query("SELECT users.user_email
FROM users
WHERE users.user_email='$e'");

$numResult = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($numResult > 0) {
header( "Location: ../Confirm" );
} else {
header( "Location: ../Insert" );
}

Unfortunately no redirect happens...any ideas?

try using lowercase L? also header('Location: ../Confirm'); exit(); — AJ Riley, Aug 14 '16 at 13:12
Try adding `exit()` after the header call - see [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3553698/php-should-i-call-exit-after-calling-location-header) — Hobo, Aug 14 '16 at 13:23

alesub · Answer 1 · 2018-08-08T18:51:09.853

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WordPress has its own function to redirect: wp_redirect()

Just make sure your code executes before anything else. A good spot is the header.php file inside the theme, before the tag.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_redirect/

edited Aug 08 '18 at 18:51

answered Aug 14 '16 at 13:27

alesub

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