CodeIgniter 4 redirect function not working - php

Question

After logout, I tried to redirect for the home page. I tried to few ways, but not redirected.
class User extends BaseController
{
public function __construct()
{
helper('url');
}
for the logout function. I used three ways
redirect('/');
or
header("Location:".base_url());
or
route_to('/');

Answer 1

as per CI 4
use
return redirect()->to('url');
if you are using route then use
return redirect()->route('named_route');

Answer 2

I use this and it works
return redirect()->to(site_url());

Answer 3

In codeigniter 4 redirect()->to() returns a RedirectResponse object, which you need to return from your controller to do the redirect.
for ex.
class Home extends BaseController {
public function index() {
return redirect()->to('https://example.com');
}
}

Answer 4

I am new to CI4. In my case, I had to properly set $baseURL in App.php. For example, if the port is set incorrectly in your local development, it will just hang.
eg. public $baseURL = 'http://localhost:8888/';

Answer 5

Its worth saying that unlike the former CI3 redirect() function this one must be called from within a Controller. It won't work for example within a Library.
Update 2021
It is in fact possible to do this! Simply check that the returned response is an object and return it instead. So if a library returns a RedirectResponse, check it using the following code and return if applicable.
if (!empty($log) && is_object($log)){
return $log;
}
You could of course do get_class() to make sure the object is a type of RedirectResponse if there is any possibility of another object being returned.

Answer 6

If you using unnamed route:
$this->response->redirect(site_url('/user'));
'/user': It is my controller name. You can also used controller/function name.

Answer 7

Please look at the documentation
// Go back to the previous page
return redirect()->back();
// Go to specific URI
return redirect()->to('/admin');
// Go to a named route
return redirect()->route('named_route');
// Keep the old input values upon redirect so they can be used by the old() function
return redirect()->back()->withInput();
// Set a flash message
return redirect()->back()->with('foo', 'message');
// Copies all cookies from global response instance
return redirect()->back()->withCookies();
// Copies all headers from the global response instance
return redirect()->back()->withHeaders();

Answer 8

If you find:
{0, string} route cannot be found while reverse-routing
This error:
Please Go to system\HTTP\RedirectResponse Line no 91 :
Change:
throw HTTPException::forInvalidRedirectRoute($route);
To:
return $this->redirect(site_url('/Home'));
(dashboard after login)

Answer 9

The redirect statement in code igniter sends the user to the specified web page using a redirect header statement.
This statement resides in the URL helper which is loaded in the following way:
$this->load->helper('url');
The redirect function loads a local URI specified in the first parameter of the function call and built using the options specified in your config file.
The second parameter allows the developer to use different HTTP commands to perform the redirect "location" or "refresh".
According to the Code Igniter documentation: "Location is faster, but on Windows servers it can sometimes be a problem."
Example:
if ($user_logged_in === FALSE)
{
redirect('/account/login', 'refresh');
}
Original Answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/725200/5700401