Header Location is not working properly even when everything looks ok in code

Question

I have the following folder structure

/main/site/

the redirect script is in the following dir

/main/site/backend/

header('Location: ../register.php');

returns to /main/register.php/ when it should go to /main/site/register.php

It seems all ok in the code , since ../ should go back one dir,

someone know what is wrong?

Does the server do any URL rewriting? The URL in the redirect is processed by the client, it doesn't know anything about server-side rewrites. — Barmar, Jul 16 '19 at 01:37
URL rewriting not in both folders, I have a regex expresssion but it's in another site folder — Otávio Barreto, Jul 16 '19 at 01:40
So the URL in the browser's address bar is something like `https://www.example.com/main/site/backend/filename.php`? — Barmar, Jul 16 '19 at 01:42
exactly, the url is: `https://www.example.com/main/site/backend/filename.php` — Otávio Barreto, Jul 16 '19 at 01:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '19 at 06:59

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It does not matter where your script resides - every Location instruction applies to what the outside looks like. If the script is requested thru https://www.example.com/main/site/backend/filename.php then it must redirect to ../../register.php or even better /main/register.php.

answered Jul 16 '19 at 06:59

AmigoJack

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And "not work" means what? The HTTP logic is correct in there, but nobody knows if you end your PHP script properly or what the internet browser in question does (check https://stackoverflow.com/a/56790467/4299358 ) – AmigoJack Jul 17 '19 at 12:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '19 at 01:51

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Try changing to this

header('Location: ./../register.php');

./ Forces PHP to look only in current directory

See this post

answered Jul 16 '19 at 01:51

Moshe Gross

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still got the same dir – Otávio Barreto Jul 16 '19 at 01:59
How about `header('Location: '. __DIR__ . '../register.php')` – Moshe Gross Jul 16 '19 at 02:18

Header Location is not working properly even when everything looks ok in code

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