Brendan Murty

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5 Nov 2012

• PHP

Redirecting a user consistently can be a challenging in a complex website, as you can't be sure which method (JavaScript or the HTTP location header) is most suitable. This can be handled with a rather simple PHP function:

<?php
function redirect($url){
	if(headers_sent()){
		print '<script>window.location="'.$url.'"</script>';
	}else{
		header('Location: '.$url);
	}
	exit();
}
?>