How to redirect to another page using PHP

Question

I am building a website which includes a login page. I need to redirect the user to their profile page once they\'ve logged in successfully, but I don\'t know how to do that

Answer 1

You could use a function similar to:

function redirect($url) {
    ob_start();
    header('Location: '.$url);
    ob_end_flush();
    die();
}

Worth noting, you should always use either ob_flush() or ob_start() at the beginning of your header('location: ...'); functions, and you should always follow them with a die() or exit() function to prevent further code execution.

Here's a more detailed guide than any of the other answers have mentioned: http://www.exchangecore.com/blog/how-redirect-using-php/

This guide includes reasons for using die() / exit() functions in your redirects, as well as when to use ob_flush() vs ob_start(), and some potential errors that the others answers have left out at this point.