Redirect with HTTP Status Code - PHP

Redirect with HTTP Status Code - PHP :

 

Redirect one url to another url using php is simply run with "header ("Location: redirectURL");" . But redirect with HTTP Status Code is more efficient to optimize for search engines.

    Here i will explain about php redirect with http status code. These http status code is common for all php versions.

<?php
function httpRedirect($code,$redirectURL){
   static $httpType = array (
       100 => "HTTP/1.1 100 Continue",
       101 => "HTTP/1.1 101 Switching Protocols",
       200 => "HTTP/1.1 200 OK",
       201 => "HTTP/1.1 201 Created",
       202 => "HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted",
       203 => "HTTP/1.1 203 Non-Authoritative Information",
       204 => "HTTP/1.1 204 No Content",
       205 => "HTTP/1.1 205 Reset Content",
       206 => "HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content",
       300 => "HTTP/1.1 300 Multiple Choices",
       301 => "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently",
       302 => "HTTP/1.1 302 Found",
       303 => "HTTP/1.1 303 See Other",
       304 => "HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified",
       305 => "HTTP/1.1 305 Use Proxy",
       307 => "HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect",
       400 => "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request",
       401 => "HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized",
       402 => "HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required",
       403 => "HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden",
       404 => "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found",
       405 => "HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed",
       406 => "HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable",
       407 => "HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required",
       408 => "HTTP/1.1 408 Request Time-out",
       409 => "HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict",
       410 => "HTTP/1.1 410 Gone",
       411 => "HTTP/1.1 411 Length Required",
       412 => "HTTP/1.1 412 Precondition Failed",
       413 => "HTTP/1.1 413 Request Entity Too Large",
       414 => "HTTP/1.1 414 Request-URI Too Large",
       415 => "HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type",
       416 => "HTTP/1.1 416 Requested range not satisfiable",
       417 => "HTTP/1.1 417 Expectation Failed",
       500 => "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error",
       501 => "HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented",
       502 => "HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway",
       503 => "HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable",
       504 => "HTTP/1.1 504 Gateway Time-out"
   );
   header($httpType[$code]);
   header ("Location: $redirectURL");
}

httpRedirect(301,"http://techniqzone.blogspot.in/");

?>

Normally we do only header("Location: url"), here add header http status before redirect to given url.

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PHP Validate Credit Card Number

PHP Validate Credit Card Number :

 

Now a days , credit card purchase is happened in many websites. The below php function is used to validate the given credit card number in php.

function isCreditCardValid ( $number, $cctype )
{
    if ( !is_string ( $number)
         || !trim ( $number ) )
             return false;
      
    $ccs = array (

        // Master Card
        'master' => '/^(5[1-5]{1})(\d{14})$/',

        // American Express 
        'amex' => '/^3(4|7)\d{13}$/',
        
        // Discover Card 
        'discover' => '/^6(011|22|4|5)(\d{12}|\d{13}|\d{14})$/', 
        
        // Visa Card 
        'visa' => '/^4(\d{12}|\d{15})$/',

        // Dinners Club        
        'dinners' => '/^(305|36|38|54|55)(\d{12}|\d{14})$/',

        // Carte Blanche         
        'carte' => '/^(30[0-5]{1})(\d{11})$/', 
        
        // enRoute 
        'enroute' => '/^2(014|149)\d{11}$/', 
        
        // Laser
        'laser' => '/^6(304|706|771|709)(\d{12}|\d{13}|\d{14}'.
                   '|d{\15})$/', 
        
        // Visa Electron 
        'visaelec' => '/^4(17500|917|913|844|508)(\d{10}|\d{12})$/', 
    );

    if ( !is_string ( $cctype )
         || !array_key_exists( strtolower ($cctype) , $ccs ) )
             return false;

    return (bool) preg_match ( $ccs[$cctype], $number );
} 

 

Example :

<?php

if(isCreditCardValid("371449635398431","amex"))
{
                 echo "Valid";
}
else
{
                 echo "Not Valid";
}

?>

 

Here preg_match concept is used to identify the valid credit card number.

 

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