How to make PHP header location redirect use PHP generated URL

Question

This is fairly simple but I cant work it out.

I'm building a wordpress site, and I want a redirect on my 404 page using PHP instead of javascript.

<?php header("Location: www.myblogurl.com"); ?>

And I use this in my wordrpess websites to get the URL of my blog...

<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>

But I can't seem to merge the two PHP scripts together, please see my poor attempt below.

<?php

    $location = bloginfo('url');

    header( 'Location:' + $location ) ;

?>

This seems to echo my website URL instead of redirecting.

Can any help me please, thanks.

. is the concatenate operator in PHP not +

user1237595
– user1237595

2012-04-03 12:16:51 +00:00
Commented Apr 3, 2012 at 12:16 — user1237595
– user1237595, Commented Apr 3, 2012 at 12:16
Thank you all for your responses

Joshc
– Joshc

2012-04-03 13:06:47 +00:00
Commented Apr 3, 2012 at 13:06 — Joshc
– Joshc, Commented Apr 3, 2012 at 13:06

Wouter J · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 12:17:10Z

8

bloginfo in wordpress echo's the information instead of returning it. You should use get_bloginfo.

The docs says:

This always prints a result to the browser. If you need the values for use in PHP, use get_bloginfo().

A sample would be:

<?php
header('Location: ' . get_bloginfo('url'));
?>

You are using the + to concatenate 2 strings. This is wrong in PHP the + is a math operator for things like $result = 1 + 1. You need to use the . operator: $text = 'hello' . 'world'.

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 12:17

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Joshc Over a year ago

Thank you for help and better script :-)

ab_dev86 · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 12:17:27Z

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Well first correct + with .

String concatenation works in php with .

 <?php

$location = bloginfo('url');

header( 'Location: ' . $location ) ;

?>

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 12:17

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Mircea Soaica · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 12:18:34Z

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try to use get_bloginfo() instead of bloginfo() and replace the + with .

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 12:18

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Wouter J Over a year ago

+1 because you are the only one (besides me) who posted the real solution instead of the + operator (which is a side problem)

web-nomad · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 12:16:48Z

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Use this:

<?php

    $location = bloginfo('url');

    header( 'Location:' . $location ) ;

?>

You were using Javascript syntax for concatenation in PHP

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 12:16

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jeffery_the_wind · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 12:17:15Z

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<?php

    $location = bloginfo('url');

    header( 'Location:'.$location ) ;

?>

This should be your syntax.

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 12:17

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erikvimz · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 12:17:26Z

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Use a dot (.) not a plus (+).

header( 'Location:' . $location ) ;

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 12:17

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