Codeigniter redirect doesn't work

Question

I have this login function:

public function members() {
  if($this->session->userdata('is_logged_in')){
    redirect('pag/index.php');    
 }else{
    redirect('main/restricted');
 }   

this will get me a 404 if I succes to login! But if I will try like this:

public function members() {
  if($this->session->userdata('is_logged_in')){
    $this->load->view('pag/index.php');    
 }else{
    redirect('main/restricted');
 }

With $this->load->view it will work, and also the redirect('main/restricted') is working. I have problems with redirect('pag/index.php'); returning me 404.

Thid is how my .htaccess is looking:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /delta-rom/
#CI_FOLDER is the Location of your CI files.

#Removes access to the system folder by users.
#Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
#previously this would not have been possible.
#'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

#When your application folder isn't in the system folder
#This snippet prevents user access to the application folder
#Submitted by: Fabdrol
#Rename 'application' to your applications folder name.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

#Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
#such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
#request to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]



</IfModule>

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
# Submitted by: ElliotHaughin

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>  

I'm using Codeigniter 3v. Ty alot for your time.

Answer 1

Try following way to redirect in Codeigniter.

return redirect('pag');

don't use .php extension while redirecting in codeigniter because ultimately you are calling a controller class and its method as per codeigniters URL structure.

Answer 2

general syntax for redirect method id: redirect('controller_name/method_name');

In your code:

public function members() {
   if($this->session->userdata('is_logged_in')){
      redirect('pag/index.php'); //pag is controller name but index.php is not method name
      //redirect('pag/index');  // try this 
   }else{
      redirect('main/restricted');
}

but in view()

$this->load->view('pag/index.php'); //index.php is a page located in "applicatoin/view/pag"

so this is how redirect and view methods works. hope u will understand :)