Page redirecting in CodeIgniter

• Sometimes we need to redirect a page to another page in our project.
• In native PHP, we use the header() method for redirection.
• Codeigniter provides a redirect() method to redirect a page to another page.

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Page Redirecting in CodeIgniter

Syntax:

redirect($uri = '', $method = 'auto', $code = NULL);

Parameter Description:

• $uri (string) – this parameter represents the URI string. It has two possible values. It can be either a full site URL or a URI segment. It is mandatory.
• $method (string) – This parameter represents the Redirect method. It has three possible values: 1. auto 2. location 3. refresh. By default, auto is selected. It is mandatory.
• $code (string) – This parameter represents HTTP Response code (usually 302 or 303). It is an optional parameter.

The return type of this function is void.

Example:

Step 1 Open the application/controllers directory and create a new controller Redirect_controller.php.

<?php
   class Redirect_controller extends CI_Controller {

      public function index() {
         /*Load the URL helper*/
         $this->load->helper('url');

         /*Redirect the user to CodingTag site*/
         redirect('https://www.codingtag.com');
      }

		public function codeigniter() {
         /*Load the URL helper*/
         $this->load->helper('url');

         redirect('https://www.codingtag.com/codeigniter-introduction'); //redirect to codeigniter tutorials on CodingTag
      }
   }
?>

Step 2 Enter the given URL into the browser to redirect to your page on codingtag.com

http://localhost/ci/index.php/Redirect_controller

Step 3 Enter the given URL to redirect your page on Codeigniter tutorials on codingtag.com

http://localhost/ci/index.php/Redirect_controller/codeigniter