Too many redirects PHP MVC - php

Question

class Core {
protected $currentController = '';
protected $currentMethod = '';
protected $params = [];
public function __construct() {
$url = $this->getUrl();
$pages = [
"" => ["controller" => "Pages", "method" => "index"],
"profile" => ["controller" => "Pages", "method" => "profile"],
"help" => ["controller" => "Pages", "method" => "help"],
"signin" => ["controller" => "Pages", "method" => "signin"]
];
// cant access controller
$noaccess = ["pages"];
if (in_array($url[0], $noaccess)) {
redirect("/");
}
if (isLoggedIn()) {
if (!in_array($url[0], $noaccess)) {
if (!array_key_exists($url[0], $pages)) {
if (file_exists('../app/controllers/' . ucwords($url[0]) . '.php')) {
// If exists, set as controller
$this->currentController = ucwords($url[0]);
$this->currentMethod = "index";
// Unset 0 Index
unset($url[0]);
} else {
// 404
$this->currentController = "Pages";
$this->currentMethod = "error404";
unset($url[0]);
}
} else {
foreach ($pages as $page => $options) {
if ($url[0] == $page) {
$this->currentController = $options['controller'];
$this->currentMethod = $options['method'];
//unset($url[0]);
}
}
}
}
} else {
redirect("signin");
}
// Require the controller
require_once '../app/controllers/' . $this->currentController . '.php';
// Instantiate controller class
$this->currentController = new $this->currentController;
// Check for second part of url
if (isset($url[1])) {
// Check to see if method exists in controller
if (method_exists($this->currentController, $url[1])) {
$this->currentMethod = $url[1];
// Unset 1 index
unset($url[1]);
}
}
// Get params
$this->params = $url ? array_values($url) : [];
// Call a callback with array of params
call_user_func_array([$this->currentController, $this->currentMethod], $this->params);
}
public function getUrl() {
if (isset($_GET['url'])) {
$url = rtrim($_GET['url'], '/');
$url = filter_var($url, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
$url = explode('/', $url);
return $url;
}
}
}
I'm learning how to make my own MVC framework for PHP. I'm trying to redirect the user in the core class that instantiates a controller based on the url.
example.com/posts/ will instantiate the Post Controller.
I want to redirect them to /signin/ if they're not logged in. No page will be accessible if the user isn't signed in.
I have a basic function called isLoggedIn() which checks for a $_SESSION variable. I'm able to test if it works with a die() command.
Everything works, but I get an error saying too many redirects. My redirect regarding the $noaccess works without this issue, but I can't get the loggedIn one to work. I'm not sure why it's having this issue.

Answer 1

If every page creates a new Core object, including the sign in page, then whenever you try to sign in (access the sign in page), it will keep redirecting to itself in a never-ending loop.
Adding a condition or simply not checking for login data in the constructor should do the trick. There are many ways to do it, but that’s the general idea.
In the end, all pages run the same logic except the login page, which reverses it.

Answer 2

Thanks to Zeke: https://stackoverflow.com/users/3654197/zeke
Whenever I was redirecting to /signin/, that was also trying to redirect which caused a loop.
I put a condition to only redirect if the the url wasn't /signin/
if ( !isLoggedIn()) {
if ($url[0] == "signin") {
$this->currentController = "Pages";
$this->currentMethod = "signin";
} else {
redirect('signin');
}
unset($url[0]);
}