php: redirect()?

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This is not a request for a solution, but just to clarify something.

When I do a redirect in php I use header()

but while going through someone else's class code I came across this:

 // Redirect to target
 redirect(proxifyURL($url, 'norefer'));

What the heck is that? And php does not seem to be throwing an error.

I tried looking it up by going to php.net/redirect but it shows me the header function that I usually use, not this redirect() !!??

Can someone explain this to me please?

have you looked through the whole source code? that looks like an own function. — Sascha Galley
– Sascha Galley, Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 15:24
use your ide to search for "redirect" occurences in that project folder — dynamic
– dynamic, Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 15:25

user486506 · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-17 15:25:55Z

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It's probably a user-defined function. This means that the function isn't present in standard PHP, but that the author of the code you read made it himself.

answered Jul 17, 2011 at 15:25

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Ryan Over a year ago

Ah yes, I found it in one of the included files! Thanks for your help guys!

genesis · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-17 15:34:54Z

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He probably defined a new function that looks something like this

function redirect($to)
{
    header("Location: $to");
    die();
}

edited Jul 17, 2011 at 15:34

answered Jul 17, 2011 at 15:24

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dynamic Over a year ago

you can't know if that function uses header or maybe just put a meta tag redirect in the html

genesis Over a year ago

it doesn't matteR! I'm just showing example how can be redirect() function declared ...

dynamic Over a year ago

i guess he know how a function is declared

dynamic Over a year ago

@genesis let us continue this discussion in chat

You Over a year ago

@genesis: Say so then (i.e. "He probably defined a new function that looks something like this", not "He did X" as if you knew exactly how the function was defined)

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