Refresh Redirects in PHP - PHP

In this programming tutorial, we will look at different methods to redirect URLs in PHP. Specifically, we will be examining 301 URL redirect methods via code, meta refresh and the use of PHP header location settings to invoke a redirection.

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April 27, 2011

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Another type of redirect is the refresh type of redirect. This is easily done in HTML as a meta refresh redirect. In PHP, you can do this as follows:

<?php
header("refresh:5;url=http://www.example.org/targeturl.php");
echo 'You\'ll be redirected in about 10 secs. If not, click <a href="http://www.example.org/anotherurl.php">here</a>.';
?>

This is not a search engine friendly redirect and along with 302 redirection, it should not be used for SEO purposes. The only thing that is acceptable to most search engines including Google is the 301 redirect.