redirect() function not working for external URL in CodeIgniter

Question

I want to redirect to www.yahoo.com from my codeIgniter application. I write code like this : redirect("http://www.yahoo.com");

It is working fine in my local computer (Windows vista / WAMP) but when I upload to linux server it just show blank screen and not redirect.

Answer 1

Try using the refresh method:

redirect('http://www.yahoo.com', 'refresh');