PHP – Simple Function for URL Redirection

Redirecting to another URL in PHP requires passing the Location header and exiting thereafter:

Though this method does work, I find it rather unclean. So, I prefer specifying the HTTP status code and also returning HTML/JavaScript for redirection. The HTML can be quite using when the page client is on a connection with very limited bandwidth.

  
  
  
  
  
  
Redirection in progress...
  

   If the redirect fails just visit the following URL: $destination.
  

  
  
EOD;
  echo $html;
  exit;
}

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