Usually a PHP redirect is much more reliable than other form of redirects like HTTP redirect or JavaScript based redirects.

A PHP Redirect automatically transfers a web user from one URL to another. For example, typing foo.com in the browser automatically transfers the user to another URL bar.com.

The PHP Redirect command:

<?php
header("location: [some-url]");
?>

Replace [some-url] with the URL where you want the redirection to take place.

For example,

header("location: ./version2/index.html");
=>redirect to "index.html" page in subfolder called "version2"

header("location: http://www.yahoo.com");
=>redirect to a website called yahoo.com

If PHP is not available, it's also possible to use other redirects:

* HTTP Redirects

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="[time]; URL=[some-url]">

Replace [time] with seconds. This will pause the browser for the specified number of seconds. Replace [some-url] with the target URL you want to redirect. For example,

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5; URL=http://www.yahoo.com">

The above HTTP based redirect needs to be in the <header></header> region of the HTML code.

* JavaScript Redirects

<script language=javascript>
setTimeout("location.href='[some-url]'", [time]);
</script>

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