Redirect to view but change URL in Laravel

Question

I'm trying to redirect the user after the create wizard is complete back to the main page.

If I write in my controller return view('main')->with('key'=>'data'), all is fine, but the URL does not change to localhost:8080 but it stays as 'localhost:8080/wizard/finish`.

If I use redirect('/')->with(['message' => 'Done.']) it redirects to the main page, but because there is already a Route::get('/','Controller'), the controller is triggered and it returns my default main page with no message.

 <div class="row">
            <div class="col-12">
                @if (isset($message))
                    <p align="center" style="color: red;"><strong>{{$message}}</strong></p>
                @endif
            </div>
        </div>

EDIT: With a breakpoint in the MainPageController (mapped to /), I see that this controller is triggered when there is a redirect to the / route. Thus, I lose the $message, as the MainPageController also returns the same view, but with no message.

Answer 1

Try this

 return redirect('/url')->with('var', 'value');

Answer 2

When you're redirecting, Laravel uses the session to keep the message between requests.

return redirect('/')->with('message', 'Done.');

So, to display the message change this:

@if (isset($message))
    <p align="center" style="color: red;"><strong>{{$message}}</strong></p>
@endif

To this:

@if (session()->has('message'))
    <p align="center" style="color: red;"><strong>{{ session('message') }}</strong></p>
@endif