Hello guys,

I have seen sometimes people use 'exit;' after the redirect, sometimes don't, can someone please explain the difference or the right way?




<?php /* Redirect browser */
header("Location: http://mysite/");
exit; ?>


vs



<?php /* Redirect browser */
header("Location: http://mysite/");
?>

Many thanks

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exit; just terminates a php script. No need to use it, I don't.

thank you for the reply mrankin

i am used to always use exit;

there are certain cases and conditions if there's no exit the script either hangs or loops

i always use it everytime i am using php redirects as it stops executing codes below it. you can also benefit from using it because it cuts-off loading time since everything else below the exit() is ignored.