PHP header redirect not working

Question

I know this has been covered before but I cannot find an answer to this,

I have always used this;

header("Location: http://www.website.com/");
exit();

This has always worked in my current project and all of a sudden it is not working in any of my browsers

I would like to figure out the problem and fix it instead of using

echo "<script type='text/javascript'>window.top.location='http://website.com/';&lt;/script&gt;";

I also have error reporting enabled and it shows no errors

// SET ERROR REPORTING
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_WARNING ^ E_NOTICE);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);

Any ideas why it will not work?

Answer 1

Try removing the Space Between location and the first h in http.

header("Location: http://www.website.com/");
exit();

turns into

header("Location:http://www.website.com/");
exit();

I had this problem on my WAMP Server.

Although it shouldn't be the problem, considering that is how it is documented in the PHP documentation. But you should probably try it anyway. I know it has worked for me in a number of cases.

Answer 2

Try:

error_reporting(E_ALL | E_WARNING | E_NOTICE);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);


flush();
header("Location: http://www.website.com/");
die('should have redirected by now');

See what you get. You shouldn't use ^ (xor) in your error_reporting() call because you're unintentionally asking for all errors EXCEPT notices and warnings.. which is what a 'headers already sent' error is.

Edit:

Also try putting flush() right above your header() call.

Answer 3

Also when you are using the header function it has to be the first thing called before any text (even a space) is written to the client, so check again that there is no spaces being output prior to your call even before th

<?php

Answer 4

What exactly happens when you visit the page? You can try Firebug or any other tool that allows you to analyze HTTP headers and check if the redirect really happens and whether the Location header is really present.

Answer 5

You should also verify that you are redirecting to a valid location, and that the location has proper 404 and 500 error messages/pages setup. It could be that you are simply redirecting a bad place.