php header function not redirecting as needed

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This is a simple question which makes it painfully obvious that I need to take a php class...

I have as the first part of a an if / else statement that reads:

if (is_user_logged_in()){
//echo "user is signed in<P>";
header("Location: user-homepage.php");

so if the user is logged in and clicks a link that directs to /register.php, they should instead be redirected to the user-homepage.php.

What happens is they are directed instead directed to /register.php/user-homepage.php

My code is adding /user-homepage.php to the address instead of replacing /register.php with /user-homepage.php

What have I done wrong?

webbiedave · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02 22:37:04Z

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Use an absolute path rather than a relative one:

header("Location: /user-homepage.php");

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 22:37

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Leaky Eddie Over a year ago

This is what I did in Wordpess and it fixed the issue. THANKS!

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-21 15:10:29Z

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Try:

header("Location: http://your_domain.com/user-homepage.php");

The PHP manual says to use Absolute URLs.

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Nilpo · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02 22:38:12Z

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You have used a relative file path. Try adding a forward slash to make it relative to the domain root.

header("Location: /user-homepage.php");

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 22:38

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02 22:37:28Z

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As given in section 14.30 of RFC 2616, "HTTP 1.1", use an absolute URL in the Location header.

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 22:37

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