[SOLVED] header('location: ');

[next]

I'm trying to redirect when user is logged out:

http://localhost/ahk_php/sidebar_links/logout.php

to

http://localhost/ahk_php/index.php

here's my code, logout.php:

<?php
session_start();
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/ahk_php/config.php');
session_destroy();
header('location: ' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/ahk_php/index.php');
?>

But here instead of: http://localhost/ahk_php/index.php

i get: http://localhost/ahk_php/sidebar_links/localhost/ahk_php/index.php

 

Why is it appending instead of replacing url completely?

[NathanLedet]

I don't think you would need $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] at all if you're just trying to go to /ahk_php/index.php

 

header('location: /ahk_php/index.php');

[New Coder]

infact i think you would need

 

header('location: ../index.php');

[trq]

Your missing the http://

 

header('Location: http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/ahk_php/index.php');

[next]

thorpe, thanks this answers my question perfectly!

NathanLedet , nah, it would append that to my current location.

New Coder , this was a work around that i was using until now, the problem is that if you change files location it's not going to work anymore.

[NathanLedet]

 

NathanLedet , nah, it would append that to my current location.

 

 

Actually, ahk_php/index.php would, but since there is a slash in front of it (/ahk_php/index.php) it would be localhost/ahk_php/index.php

 

But, thorpe was right.  Glad it's working

[trq]

The Location header by definition requires a url, not a relative path. While most times it will work, it shouldn't and some browsers won't like it.