redirect()->to() problem with output buffering

[gustavojm]

I have an AdminController class that all the rest of the controllers will extend.
in the constructor of AdminController I check if the user is already logged, otherwise...

redirect()->to('/admin/user/login');

but it doesn't get redirected, even though I see the 'Location;' header sent to the browser correctly.
Seems to be a problem with the output buffering

For it to work I should do

redirect()->to('/admin/user/login');
ob_end_flush();

should we make the redirect()->to() method call ob_end_flush()?

Thanks in advance!

[lonnieezell]

Well, it's designed to be returned not just ran, so return redirect()->to(...). However, I didn't think of testing it within a constructor so not 100% sure if it will work correctly in that situation. However, I think filters might be just what you're looking for.

[gustavojm]

Initially I was using return redirect()->to('/admin/user/login'); but it didn't redirect. It returned to the constructor of the child class and kept executing the code of the controller.
That's why I had to remove the return statement, to be able to execute the ob_end_flush() after that

[lonnieezell]

Gotcha, and that's what I was afraid of. So, that's something I'll take a look into in the near future.

Filters, however, were designed for exactly what you're trying to do.

[demortx]

Debug off -> work redirect()->to(...)