PHP 301 redirect multiple URLs

Question

I am trying to move multiple dynamic URLs using a php 301 redirect, not htaccess.

I can't work out how to put it together though as I'm a little out of my depth, this is all have so far.

<?php 
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); 
header("Location: http://www.new-website/new-folder/ $url="http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$url=str_replace('http://www.website.com/old-folder/','',$url);
echo $url; "); 
?>

Old URLs: http://www.website.com/old-folder/news-article/full.php?= anything

New URLs: http://www.new-website.com/new-folder/news-article/full.php?= anything

I want to insert anything that comes after the second / of the current URL into the Header Location

Anything after /old-folder/ will be different each time.

In simple terms I am trying to do this:

<?php 
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); 
header("Location: http://www.new-website/new-folder/ *insert end of URL from current address bar here* "); 
?>

Answer 1

You are setting a variable inside the header function, then trying to call functions inside there too. The header (with location) should just be given a location to redirect too.

The second header call will replace the first one, so you can only really use one or the other:

$url = "http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$url = str_replace('http://www.website.com/old-folder/','',$url);

header("Location: http://www.new-website/new-folder/$url"); 

OR

header("Status: 301 Moved Permanently");

Answer 2

$url = "http://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$url = str_replace('http://www.website.com/old-folder/','',$url);

Hopefully you now have something like: news-article/full.php?=anything

You can now do:

header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); 
header("Location: http://www.new-website/new-folder/".$url); 

But, as suggested already, its best to approach this with Htaccess instead of php.

Answer 3

Best way you try with php. Just create a one temp variable. Write you own JavaScript redirection using windows.location.href. Assign those script to that temp variable and echo it.

Let's try that will help you.