PHP redirection problem using header("location:URL ")

Question

I am working on a file help.php in directory help.I want to redirect user with the help of that help.php file to help.php/?step=2. For this I used code

header('location : help.php/?step=2');

But, instead of redirecting to help.php/?step=2 it is redirecting to help.php/help.php/?step=2. What is problem here?

remove the / and do header('location : help.php?step=2'); — RiggsFolly
– RiggsFolly, Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 17:22

B. Fleming · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-19 17:53:06Z

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Most likely the location path will be relative to your current path if you don't have a preceding slash. That is, a starting page /example.php and a location header of other.php will produce /example.php/other.php. In order to fix this, add the preceding slash in your location header:

header('location : /help.php?step=2');

Please look into the concept of relative vs. absolute paths for more information on this subject.

answered Aug 19, 2019 at 17:53

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anonymous2424 Over a year ago

talking about my url it is localhost/help/help.php and I want to redirect to localhost/help/help.php/?step=2. When I try your code it just redirect me to localhost/help.php/?step=2.

B. Fleming Over a year ago

You never mentioned this in your original question. The solution is simple: you only need to update that line of code to header('location : /help/help.php?step=2');.

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