PHP header does not redirect back to starting page

Question

( This does not answer my question).

I am trying to redirect to the landing page after a user attempts to login, here is what I've done:

<?php
ob_start();
session_start();
if ($loginSuccess)
{
    echo "Logged in: True";
    header("Location: index.php?status=1", true, 200);
}
else
{
    echo "Logged in: False";
    header("Location: index.php?status=0", true, 401);
}
ob_end_flush();
exit();
?>

However when I try this I get the page never gets redirected back to the page that the request was made with (index.php)

Answer 1

try put this code before the ob_start() , becuase the header sometimes already called

ob_clean()

or change to javascript redirect using this if the ob_clean() not worked

echo "<script>window.location.href='index.php?status=1'</script>";