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PHP PHP User Authentication Building the Library Refactoring

devope devope
devope devope
11,490 Points
Posted by devope devope
devope devope
11,490 Points

Why use so much code for simple redirect?

Alena used special component, but it's possible to use only header('Location: http://www.example.com/')

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Adrian Scott
Adrian Scott
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Adrian Scott
Adrian Scott
8,284 Points

The http-foundation component is great, but sometimes all you need is this..

header('Location: http://www.example.com/', true, 302);
exit;
devope devope
devope devope
11,490 Points
devope devope
devope devope
11,490 Points

I understand, but what the reason of using http-foundation component? If we simply can use header('location...