PHP link to page.php from another file - php

Question

Im creating my first page in PHP with login form.
Here is my question,
I have this kind of structure:
MAINFILE:
-index.php
-asstes(file)
-config(file)
-includes(file) (with header.php)
-user(file) with user.php
and after loggin from index.php i want to direct user to user.php but after using header("Location: user/user.php"); i get ERROR 404.
Does anybody knows how to redirect to page in another file?
Thanks!
<?php
$error = "Email or password was incorrect<br>";
if(isset($_POST['login_button'])) {
$login = $_POST['log_login']; //sanitize email
$_SESSION['username'] = $login; //Store email into session variable
$password = md5($_POST['log_password']); //Get password
$check_database_query = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM users WHERE login='$login' AND password='$password'");
$check_login_query = mysqli_num_rows($check_database_query);
if($check_login_query == 1) {
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($check_database_query);
$username = $row['login'];
$role =$row['role'];
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
if(role == "admin"){
header("Location: admin.php");
$_SESSION['role'] = true;
}
else {
header("Location: /user/user.php");
$_SESSION['role'] = false;
}
exit(0);
}
else {
echo $error;
}
$_SESSION['log_login'] = "";
$_SESSION['log_password'] = "";
}

Answer 1

Actually if in your index.php you have a login form which sends a POST request then, after a successful sign-in you can redirect user using:
header('Location: /user.php');
exit(0);
Path passed in location is relative to user's current position so if your file user.php is in the root folder then use /user.php; if in user so that the filename is user/user.php then use:
header('Location: /user/user.php');
exit(0);
Yet a lot of that may be caused by the way you actually sign in your user and how you manage the session creation so would be great and helpful if you have shared the code.