Comments on: Using Proper Header Redirects In PHP

By: raj

raj — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:52:07 +0000

My site which is using https gets redirected to http when header function is used. Ahts the solution to avoid that

By: Using Proper Header Redirects In PHP @ Happy Ricky

Using Proper Header Redirects In PHP @ Happy Ricky — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:27:04 +0000

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By: Matti

Matti — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:40:09 +0000

It won’t, because by redirecting you’re telling searchbots that the current page no longer exists, and the content should be found on another page. The “type” of redirection (permanent/temporary) only specifies the relation.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:38:22 +0000

I have a question. What if my old site has a great position in google because of content, keywords etc but the new site does not contain the sma content, but i want to redirect and keep the good position,

basically I seo one site and then redirect it to one (less seo) will google still index old site because i want it to.

By: Get Rid Of The ‘WWW’ Prefix - It’s Long Overdue ~ Mattias Geniar

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:10:43 +0000

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By: sam

sam — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:40:22 +0000

I have used the header bt it still gives the error…
n im unable to understand bt the error is.Actually I have a form when i edit the values of the form , the new updatd values should be saved in the database and in turn also saved in the form. Im unable to redirect these new values to the other form.
kindly send me a suitable rply for this problem.

By: Matti

Matti — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:00:40 +0000

I’ve seen the same kind of behaviour as well, headers not being processed until (parts of) the page have been displayed. I’ll add it in the blog-post as well, it’s certainly something to keep in mind.

By: Craig Francis

Craig Francis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:09:59 +0000

Remember to call exit() after a header()… I’ve seen cases where php scripts use the header() to redirect on a specific condition (i.e. successful processing of a form, before redirecting to a thank-you page), and although the browser does not show it, the script continued to execute (i.e. printing the whole data entry form again).

By: Tim Ariyeh

Tim Ariyeh — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:27:36 +0000

Excellent points. If we could count on consistently getting valid return codes, we could also take them into account when consuming web services and using things like cURL

By: Alex the Freelance Twin

Alex the Freelance Twin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:59:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I usually use my .htaccess for perm redirects, but I do use header() a lot too. So I think im going to switch over to using Header with 301 in there.