Is there a trick to redirection?

[Elon Report]

I am on the hosted platform, but no access to email support yet.  I am using only the following code in a custom php block.

header("Location: https://myazurebox/id=". $_COOKIE["ips4_member_id"]);

When I call this block, nothing happens.    I can see the cookies are there.

If I add the exit command:

header("Location: https://myazurebox?id=". $_COOKIE["ips4_member_id"]);
exit();

I receive a generic error when I try to save the block.

Sorry!  The page you requested does not exist
Error code: 1S160/2

Edited August 8, 2023 by MartinLawrence
removed private info

[Randy Calvert]

Blocks are parsed in the body. In order for the header() function to execute, it must be done before any output is sent. 

So I don’t think you can actually do redirects within blocks… instead, I believe you might want to do this within your term with template logic. 

Someone else can keep me honest on this however as I’m not a coder.  I just do system administration.  🙂 

[opentype]

7 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said:

I believe you might want to do this within your term with template logic. 

A template redirect looks like this:

{{\IPS\Output::i()->redirect('https://server.com/something.htm');}}

 

[Elon Report]

3 hours ago, opentype said:

A template redirect looks like this:

{{\IPS\Output::i()->redirect('https://server.com/something.htm');}}

 

Thank you.  I made a new page with just this on it and it worked great.  Thanks!

How would I go about appending a cookie to that? 

. $_COOKIE["ips4_member_id"]');}}

Comes out as this after redirection.

="%20.%20$_COOKIE["ips4_member_id"]

 

[opentype]

Haven’t tested it. Might just be the space around the period character. 

When in doubt you can create the redirect target in a separate line. 

{{$target="https://test.com/".$something;}}
{{\IPS\Output::i()->redirect($target);}}

Should work. 

[Nathan Explosion]

{{\IPS\Output::i()->redirect('https://server.com/something.htm&id='.\IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id);}}

Potential problem - block caching.