Php 404 Error Page Redirect
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Php 404 Redirect Htaccess
Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. how to redirect 404 error page to homepage in php Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up PHP - Display a 404 Error without redirecting to another page up vote 8 down vote favorite 5 I want to display a 404 Error if a user reaches a php send 404 header page that exists but I don't want him/her to see. I don't want to do redirect (that would cause the address bar to show the link of the error page in the address bar) like the following: if ($this_page_should_not_be_seen) header("Location: err.php?e=404"); Instead, it should seem like the page really doesn't exist, without having the URL in the browser's address changed. php custom-error-pages share|improve this question edited May 31 '15 at 8:29 asked Jun 21 '12 at 11:57 Dilip Raj
Php Header 404 Redirect
Baral 1,16851542 1 and what's wrong with htaccess? –k102 Jun 21 '12 at 11:58 1 That's the job for .htaccess, not for PHP file... or, for both of them, if you just redirect everything to index.php, but still, you need .htaccess or access to httpd.conf. –Griwes Jun 21 '12 at 11:59 1 you mean your browser shows the 404 error rather than a custom 404 page? you can redirect it to some page with doesn't exist in actual. –Ummar Jun 21 '12 at 11:59 @Ummar That would work, but I was wondering if there is formal way to do this.. –Dilip Raj Baral Jun 21 '12 at 12:15 1 best formal way I think is .htaccess –Ummar Jun 21 '12 at 12:20 | show 1 more comment 5 Answers 5 active oldest votes up vote 20 down vote accepted Include the error page in your current page and send a 404 error status code: Note that this should be used if the page should never be seen. A better status code for un-authorized access (if the page s
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If Page Not Found Redirect To Homepage Htaccess
up Redirect to 404 page or display 404 message? up vote 5 down vote favorite 2 I am using a cms, and file-not-found errors can be handled in different ways: The page will not be redirected, but an error-msg will be displayed http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11137625/php-display-a-404-error-without-redirecting-to-another-page as content (using the default layout with menu/footer). The page will be redirected to error.php (the page looks the same like 1. but the address changed) The page will be redirected to an existing page, e.g. sitemap.php Is there a method to be preferred in regards to search engines, or does this make no difference? php content-management-system seo search-engine share|improve this question edited May 31 '11 at 14:36 Lightness Races in Orbit 218k36337585 asked May 31 '11 at 14:32 Ilyssis 1,69151625 Does http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6189169/redirect-to-404-page-or-display-404-message the system keep a journal of the history of that URL and would therefore know what the current correct URL is? If so, then just do an internal re-direct and present the current content. Otherwise you should deliver the 404 error ( that's what its for ). –user212102 Jun 1 '11 at 7:07 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 10 down vote accepted If it's not found, then you should issue a 404 page. Doing a redirect causes a 302 code, followed by a '200 OK', implying that there IS some content. A 404 flat out says "there is no file. stop bugging me". Something like this would present a 404 page with proper header code:
Web Dev @ Microsoft SEO By WooRank Books Courses Screencasts Newsletters Versioning Shop Forums Advertise Contribute Contact Us Our Story 995kSubscribers 132kFollowers 80kFollowers Programming Article How to https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-redirect-old-urls-php/ Avoid 404s and Redirect Old URLs in PHP By Craig Buckler August 03, 2010 Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. And URL changes.It's often necessary to reorganize your site and http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/301-redirect-404-error.asp change the URL structure but, assuming you have similar content, users should rarely encounter a "page not found" error. Producing unnecessary 404 pages is one of my top 10 development mistakes.In this article, we'll create 404 error an automated PHP redirection system that converts old URLs to a new address. It's not production code, but it will illustrate the basics so that you can adapt it for your own website. 1. Create a 404 error-handling file If you're yet to have a "not found" page, create a basic one named 404.php in the root of your website:
Page not found
Sorry, we cannot find that page.
Please return to the home page…
Note: What's a 404? 404 is the HTTP error number returned when a resource is unable to be located on the server. The PHP code at the top of the above file returns this code to ensure systems such as search engines don't mistake the page for real content. 2. Configure your server You now need to tell your server that all 404 errors should be handled by the 404.php file. If you're using Apache, add the following line to an .htaccess file in the root of your website: errordocument 404 /404.php For IIS, open the Internet Information Services Manager. In IIS7, double-click the "Error Pages" icon. (Users of previous versions must select the "Custom Errors" tab of the website properties.) Edit the 404 error code, choose a type of "URL", and enter "/404.php" as the address.If you now visit a nonexistent page, such as http://yoursite.com/non-existent.url, you should see the error page we created above. 3. Create the redirection system We'll place our redirection code in another file named redirect.php, to keep the functionality separate from the 404 content.Add the following code at the top of your 404.php file just after the404 Error Pages and Redirects for SEOs Introduction A 404 error means "not found". This is usually the page you get when you make a mistake spelling page name in a site, or if the page is deleted or moved. The problem is that the standard 404 page is ugly and unhelpful. Many people have figured out that if you use a custom 404 page you can present a much more helpful page to you visitors. Others have taken it a step further and made that custom page a redirect to the home page, so that any links (and PR) pointing to pages that have been deleted (or misspelled) will be passed on to the website. Sounds great, right? Well, there is a problem (there is almost always a problem with things that sound too good to be true...). The problem is that if you use a redirect to pass PR from an error page to a normal page, the redirecting page will usually return a "200 OK" or 302 Redirect code, rather than a proper 404. This messes up search engines and can result in a whole bunch of indexed URL's all looking to the search engine like duplicates of your home page (there is no redirect code, it's a pure 200 OK). "410 Gone" Error - It's Gone, Dammit! If you are really, really insistent on a page being removed, you can send a "410 Gone" error for the location, which means that the page is not there, will never be there, and there is no forwarding address. This usually isn't necessary, but can be useful if you are trying to remove all traces of a page you no longer want associated with your site (i.e. one you were sued over, for example). It says that the page is missing on purpose, and is not an accident or temporary problem. In this case a URL removal Request to Google followed by a 410 on the page location itself should do it. You can also use robots.txt and robots metatag as backup. This is bad for your site. Additionally, there are a LOT of indexed "error" pages in search engines (especially Yahoo) that should not be there. The proper behaviour for an error page is to return a 404 error code. The best result for your visitors is an error page that is either helpful by itself or redirects to a helpful page. The best result from an SEO viewpoint is for any link popularity for broken links be passed on to the page of your choice. Naturally, the best result overall would be something that accomplishes all of the above. Unfortunately, this is not directly possible. As soon as the search engine is sent the error code, it treats it as a dead page and will eventually remove it. PR and link weight are only passed on if a page is not a 404. But your site logs will not report errors if it responds a