A PHP Redirect automatically transfers a web user from one URL to another. For example, typing foo.com in the browser automatically transfers the user to another URL bar.com.

The PHP Redirect command

<?php
header("location: [some-url]");
?>

Replace [some-url] with the URL where you want the redirection to take place.

For example,

header("location: ./new/index.html"); =>redirect to "index.html" page in subfolder called "new"

header("location: http://www.msn.com"); =>redirect to a website called msn.com

If PHP is not available, it's also possible to use other redirects:

HTTP Redirects

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="[time]; URL=[some-url]">

Replace [time] with seconds. This will pause the browser for the specified number of seconds. Replace [some-url] with the target URL you want to redirect.

For example,

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5; URL=http://www.msn.com">

The above HTTP based redirect needs to be in the region of the HTML code.