PHP won't redirect

Question

im working on a simple php forum when i log in / out or register it wont redirect me back to the index.php my log out code for example

<?php
if(isset($_POST['do_logout'])){
    //Create User Object

$user = new User;
    if($user->logout()){
        redirect('index.php','You are now logged out','success');
} 
} else {
    redirect('index.php');
}

and my redirect definition code

<?php
function redirect($page = FALSE, $message = NULL, $message_type = NULL) {
    if (is_string ($page)) {
        $location = $page;
    } else {
        $location = $_SERVER ['index.php'];
    }
    if($message != NULL){
        $_SESSION['message'] = $message;
    }
    if($message_type != NULL){
        $_SESSION['message_type'] = $message_type;
    }
header('Location: '.$location);
    exit(); 
}

the defining script is in a php file which included before the logout script

You don't need to use snippets, use the `{}` tool to mark code. — Barmar, Mar 27 '15 at 10:09
Check you PHP error log for warnings about "Headers already sent". — Barmar, Mar 27 '15 at 10:11
You need to make sure you don't print any output before you call `redirect()`. The error message should tell you what line printed output, you need to fix that. — Barmar, Mar 27 '15 at 11:21
PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent — ali, Mar 27 '15 at 11:21
Search for that error message in SO, you will find hundreds of questions that explain how to fix it. — Barmar, Mar 27 '15 at 11:22
thanks man really helped much thanks again , all i had to do is to remove spaces from my scripts thanks again — ali, Mar 27 '15 at 11:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '15 at 10:26

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<?php
function redirect($page = FALSE, $message = NULL, $message_type = NULL) {

    $location = (is_string($page)) ? $page : 'index.php';

    if($message != NULL){
        $_SESSION['message'] = $message;
    }

    if($message_type != NULL){
        $_SESSION['message_type'] = $message_type;
    }

    header('Location: '. $location); exit(); 
}

answered Mar 27 '15 at 10:26

Sateesh

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didnt work man thanks for sharing – ali Mar 27 '15 at 11:15

PHP won't redirect

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