Page Redirection

MetaMods have a lot of data at their disposal. The rules based on this data are not restricted to just selecting modules – you can make Joomla perform other actions as well. In this recipe we demonstrate how to make Joomla redirect to a different page if the rules succeed.

This might be useful, for example, for helping to protect a page from viewing unless particular conditions are met, in a more flexible way than you can normally do with Joomla e.g. limit page view to a particular user, or GeoIP country, and kick any other users or countries onto an alternative, more apropriate page...

// user name example
$app = &JFactory::getApplication();
if ($user->name != "John Doe")
    $app->redirect("http://www.example.com/alternative_page.html");

// GeoIP example.
// This page is only for New Zealand viewers, kick Australians onto specific page and
// all other countries onto an international pricing page.
$app = &JFactory::getApplication();
if ( $fromCountryId == "AU" )
    $app->redirect("http://www.example.com/oz_pricing");
else if ( $fromCountryId != "NZ" )
    $app->redirect("http://www.example.com/international_pricing");