How do I redirect to a URL with query parameters?

Question

I am trying to do a redirect with query parameters, using the redirect() helper:

$link = 'https://example.com' . '?key1=value1&key2=value2';

return redirect()->to($link);

The problem is that when the $link is passed to the to() method Laravel removes the question mark leading the query string, so it turns this:

https://example.com?key1=value1&key2=value2

into this:

https://example.comkey1=value1&key2=value2

(again, notice the missing ? in the final link).

How do I make a redirect with query params appended to a custom URL?

Answer 1

Use:

return redirect($link);

If you want to redirect a named route with query string, use:

return redirect()->route('route_name',['key'=> $value]);

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