php redirect in logout page using header()

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Headers already sent by PHP

i want to redirect to some page so i tried like this.

www.example.com/logout.php?redirect=www.index-page.com/index.php
         echo $redirect = "'Location: http://".$_GET['redirect']."'";
       //redirects to index
       header($redirect);

But it is not working for me. is ther any suggestions.

This needs basic debugging first, please log (and/or display) errors and view the PHP error log. Additionally you will learn more in the duplicate question. — hakre, Sep 21 '12 at 11:23

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:36

Something like this:

In logout link:

<a href="http://www.example.com/logout.php?redirect=<?=urlencode('http://www.index-page.com/index.php')?>"> Logout </a>

On logout.php page:

<?
    // destroy session
    header('location:'.urldecode($_GET['redirect']));
    die();
?>

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:22

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you can not use echo before headers if not it would generate Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by

    $redirect = "Location: http://". $_GET['redirect'];
    header($redirect);

answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:22

Baba

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:21

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You shouldn't need the additional '

$redirect = "Location: http://".$_GET['redirect'];

answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:21

BenOfTheNorth

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:30

Here is an example to redirect user to Google

$link='http://Google.com';
header("location: $link");

You can make it a function

function redirectUser($link){
    header("location: $link");
}

And then you can call it like

redirectUser('http://google.com');

Or

echo redirectUser('http://google.com');

No errors will happens!

I Advise you to use die(); After the redirection code, to abort the comming codes

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 15 '12 at 12:33

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You can only use redirect without echo:

header("Location: http://".$_GET['redirect']);

edited Nov 15 '12 at 12:33

Smamatti

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answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:23

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 21 '12 at 11:25

the problem is here

echo $redirect = "'Location: http://".$_GET['redirect']."'";
//redirects to index
header($redirect);

You should not have to use echo before header, this will cause warning header already sent.

Use it like this

$redirect = "Location: http://".$_GET['redirect'];
//redirects to index
header($redirect);

php redirect in logout page using header()

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