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I’m working on a mobile version of our website and we have PHP functions that check the browser information, which are working great…

but when I try to do a redirect inside a EE template it just does nothing. I’ve got it set to parse PHP on Input but it still won’t redirect.

I’ve temporary got it working by outputting a META Refresh tag, but it loads the complete site before redirecting (NOT ideal)

Is there a way with an EE or PHP tag to redirect server-side?

Are you sure you’re exiting?  Impossible really to say more without seeing more code.

There is always, of course, the redirect= global variable.

I tried the redirect= and it didn’t work. When I put the header(Location: ) it just does nothing, similar to what happens if it throws a PHP error. The rest of the page loads, but it doesn’t do anything.

Here’s the code:

<?php
require("/home/***/***/classes/detectmobile.php");

if ( checkmobile() || checkiphone() ) {
$mobile = '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.kelseyads.com/site.php/mobile/">';
}
else {
$mobile = "";
}
?>

Instead of setting the $mobile variable, I was trying to do a php header();

This is the index template and this code is at the very top. There is no output in the detectmobile.php script so unless EE is outputting headers, there are no headers already output by my scripts.

Anyone?

Is it possible to get a PHP redirect to work inside an EE template?

Reduce it, beley.  Just a new blank template with the EE redirect variable on it.  Does it work for you?  If not, what version of ExpressionEngine are you on, and what server environment?  Just a note that when you do a location redirect with PHP, you need to exit your script, and any whitespace in the PHP file you’re including could be starting output.  If you are getting PHP errors, please share them.

No. I created a blank web template with only a {redirect} tag and it did nothing (it actually output the tag, so it didn’t even try to parse it).

I also edited the template to ONLY have a PHP redirect, and it also didn’t work.

We are running EE 1.6.4
No errors output.

That feature was added in 1.6.5.  I’d strongly suggest an update, particularly since some between the version you’re using and the current were security related.

I also edited the template to ONLY have a PHP redirect, and it also didn’t work.

Share your code, please?  It’s difficult for people to help when they can only assume what you’ve tried.

LOL, go figure… updating now. Thanks…

Let me know how it goes, and if you want a quick second eye on your PHP redirect, again, please share the reduced code you tried on a template by itself.

That feature was added in 1.6.5.  I’d strongly suggest an update, particularly since some between the version you’re using and the current were security related.

I also edited the template to ONLY have a PHP redirect, and it also didn’t work.

Share your code, please?  It’s difficult for people to help when they can only assume what you’ve tried.

PHP header redirect is pretty simple… the entire template consisted of one line:

<?php header('Location: <a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com'</a>); ?>

Same with the EE redirect:

{redirect=site/index}

Of course, the EE one didn’t work because of the version apparently. Not sure why the PHP redirect didn’t work, unless headers are output before the template is parsed by EE.

Let me know how it goes, and if you want a quick second eye on your PHP redirect, again, please share the reduced code you tried on a template by itself.

Thanks, after I get the site updated I’ll try again and let you know how it worked out.

Thanks for your help!

PHP header redirect is pretty simple… the entire template consisted of one line:

<?php header('Location: <a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com'</a>); ?>

Same with the EE redirect:

{redirect=site/index}

Of course, the EE one didn’t work because of the version apparently. Not sure why the PHP redirect didn’t work, unless headers are output before the template is parsed by EE.

You’ll need to exit the script as mentioned after a PHP header() location redirect, otherwise EE will keep chugging along, and eventually send its own headers when it’s time to send output back to the server.

<?php header('Location: <a href="http://www.google.com">http://www.google.com'</a>); exit; ?>

Duh… didn’t really process the “you need to exit your script.” That worked… still upgrading but that will be a lot faster than a meta refresh so I’ve gone ahead and made the change to the template.

Thanks for the help… really appreciated!

BTW, it works great now… check it out: http://www.kelseyads.com

Anyone else powering a mobile site using EE?

(should go w/out saying but you need to visit on a mobile device like iPhone, blackberry or cell phone)

Glad to help Kelsey Brandon - I’ll check it out next time I’m browsing on my iPhone.