I got tired of always having to search google to remember the syntax for issuing seo friendly (300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307) Redirects using multiple programming languages and methods… so I made my own list!

Redirection Methods

Am I missing something? Most definately! Please use the comment form below to suggest new code.

Redirect with meta http-equiv tags

These go in the <head> </head> section of your html. Usually when you use this meta redirect method you should also use the javascript method, just to be safe.

Refresh meta http-equiv tag

Redirects to http://www.askapache.com after 0 seconds.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.askapache.com" />

Redirect with javascript

These go in the <head> </head> section of your html.

Basic javascript Redirect method

Will redirect user to http://www.askapache.com immediately

<script type="text/javascript">
window.location.href='http://www.askapache.com';
</script>

Redirect after specific time period

This will redirect to http://www.askapache.com after 2 seconds

<body onload="javascript:setTimeout(function(){window.location.href='http://www.askapache.com'},2000);">

Redirect with PHP

Using “Location” header

<?php
header('Location:http://www.askapache.com');
exit;
exit();
?>

Using “Refresh” header

<?php
header('Refresh: 0; URL=http://www.askapache.com');
exit;
exit();
?>

Ultimate PHP method

It redirects to a page specified by “$url”. $mode can be:

  • LOCATION: Redirect via Header “Location”
  • REFRESH: Redirect via Header “Refresh”
  • META: Redirect via HTML META tag
  • JS: Redirect via JavaScript command
<?php
function do_redirect($url,$mode)
{
    if (strncmp('http:',$url,5) && strncmp('https:',$url,6)) {
        $starturl = ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == 'on' ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'.
        (empty($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] : $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
        if ($url[0] != '/') $starturl .= dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'/';
        $url = "$starturl$url";
    }
    switch($mode) {
        case 'LOCATION':
        header("Location: $url");
        exit;
        case 'REFRESH':
        header("Refresh: 0; URL=\"$url\"");
        exit;
        case 'META':
        exit;
        default:
        ?><script type="text/javascript">
        window.location.href='<?=$url?>';
        </script><?
    }
    exit;
}
?>

Redirect with Perl

Simple 302 Redirect with perl

#!/usr/bin/perl
my $URL = "http://www.askapache.com";
print "Status: 302 Moved\nLocation: $URL\n\n";

Simpler 302 Redirect with perl

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Location: http://www.askapache.com\n\n";
exit;

Redirect with ColdFusion (CFM)

Using cheader for 301 “permanent” redirect

<cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved Permanently">
<cfheader name="Location" value="http://www.askapache.com">
<cfabort>

Using clflocation for 302 “temporary” redirect

<cflocation url="http://www.askapache.com">

Redirect with ASP (VB Script)

301 Redirect

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
response.status="301 moved permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.askapache.com"
%>

Redirect with shell script

302 Redirect with sh shell script

#!/bin/sh
echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo "Location: http://www.askapache.com";
echo "";
exit 0;

Redirect with mod_rewrite in apache htaccess

See also Ultimate Apache htaccess article and URL Redirection

301 Redirect

Redirects permanently when a request is made to site.com/thisword.html to http://www.askapache.com

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^thisword\.html$ http://www.askapache.com [R=301,NC,L]

302 Redirect

Redirects temporarily when a request is made to site.com/thisword.html to http://www.askapache.com

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^thisword\.html$ http://www.askapache.com [R,NC,L]

Redirect with mod_alias in apache htaccess

301 Redirect

Redirect 301 /thisword.html http://www.askapache.com

or with RedirectPerm

RedirectPerm /thisword.html http://www.askapache.com

or with RedirectMatch

RedirectMatch 301 ^thisword\.html$ http://www.askapache.com

302 Redirect

Redirect 302 /thisword.html http://www.askapache.com

or with RedirectTemp

RedirectTemp /thisword.html http://www.askapache.com

or with RedirectMatch

RedirectMatch 302 ^thisword\.html$ http://www.askapache.com

Redirect with ErrorDocument in apache htaccess

302 Redirect

Issues a 302 Redirect to http://www.askapache.com when a file is not found. See also Force Apache to output any HTTP Status Code with ErrorDocument

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.askapache.com

Redirect with Python / Django

Thanks to thebjorn for contributing this one.

from django import http
def view(request):
return http.HttpResponseRedirect('http://www.askapache.com')

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