Laravel, how to redirect as 301 and 302

Question

I cannot find info for redirecting as 301/302 in the Laravel docs.

In my routes.php file I use:

Route::get('foo', function(){ 
    return Redirect::to('/bar'); 
});

Is this a 301 or 302 by default? Is there a way to set it manually? Any idea why this would be omitted from the docs?

Solution 1

Whenever you are unsure, you can have a look at Laravel's API documentation with the source code. The Redirector class defines a $status = 302 as default value.

You can define the status code with the to() method:

Route::get('foo', function(){ 
    return Redirect::to('/bar', 301); 
});

Solution 2

I update the answer for Laravel 5! Now you can find on docs redirect helper:

return redirect('/home');

return redirect()->route('route.name');

As usual.. whenever you are unsure, you can have a look at Laravel's API documentation with the source code. The Redirector class defines a $status = 302 as default value (302 is a temporary redirect).

If you wish have a permanent URL redirection (HTTP response status code 301 Moved Permanently), you can define the status code with the redirect() function:

Route::get('foo', function(){ 
    return redirect('/bar', 301); 
});

Solution 3

martinstoeckli's answer is good for static urls, but for dynmaic urls you can use the following.

For Dynamic URLs

Route::get('foo/{id}', function($id){ 
    return Redirect::to($id, 301); 
});

Live Example (my use case)

Route::get('ifsc-code-of-{bank}', function($bank){ 
    return Redirect::to($bank, 301); 
});

This will redirect http://swiftifsccode.com/ifsc-code-of-sbi to http://swiftifsccode.com/sbi

One more Example

Route::get('amp/ifsc-code-of-{bank}', function($bank){ 
    return Redirect::to('amp/'.$bank, 301); 
});

This will redirect http://amp/swiftifsccode.com/ifsc-code-of-sbi to http://amp/swiftifsccode.com/sbi

Solution 4

You can define a direct redirect route rule like this:

Route::redirect('foo', '/bar', 301);

Solution 5

Laravel 301 and 302 redirects using redirect() and route()

301 (permanent):

return redirect(route('events.show', $slug), 301);

302 (temporary):

By default, Route::redirect returns a 302 status code.

return redirect()->route('events.show', $slug);

Offical Laravel Docs,'Redirect Routes': https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/routing#redirect-routes

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Comments

[Connor Leech]

Can use Route::redirect or Route::permanentRedirect Updated docs: laravel.com/docs/5.8/routing#redirect-routes

[Artistan]

Thanks Much! This was very helpful.

[Jerodev]

Sorry for the bumb. Would I be able to do the same with Redirect::action?

[martinstoeckli]

@Jerodev - Yes it seems so, see laravel.com/api/4.2/Illuminate/Routing/….

[orrd]

With Laravel 5 you can now also use the simple function redirect('/bar', 301).

[Harry]

You may also include a route name too, redirect(null, 301)->route('name')

[JCarlosR]

There is a way to redirect to a named route using 301? Probably return redirect()->route('series')->status(301); but I am not sure.

[alou]

Just happened to look at JCarlos comment while I was doing something similar: passing the status as a 3rd parameter in named routes seems to be working for me.

[zen]

->status(301) did not work for me. Instead I had to do return redirect()->route('series', [], 301); The second array is any parameters needed for a route, i.e. slug or id.

[usrNotFound]

you should be able to do return redirect()->route('series')->setStatusCode(301);

[gaheinrichs]

FYI, this has been in Laravel since 5.5