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Symfony2 – Franz Jordán 2011
Redirecting
If you want to redirect the user to another page, use the redirect() method:
public function indexAction()
{
return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('homepage'));
}
The generateUrl() method is just a helper function that generates the URL for a given route.
For more information, see the Routing chapter.
By default, the redirect() method performs a 302 (temporary) redirect. To perform a 301
(permanent) redirect, modify the second argument:
public function indexAction()
{
}
return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('homepage'), 301);
The redirect() method is simply a shortcut that creates a Response object that specializes
in redirecting the user. It's equivalent to:
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
return new RedirectResponse($this->generateUrl('homepage'));
Forwarding
You can also easily forward to another controller internally with the forward() method. Instead
of redirecting the user's browser, it makes an internal sub-request, and calls the specified
controller. The forward() method returns the Response object that's returned from that
controller:
public function indexAction($name)
{
$response = $this->forward('AcmeHelloBundle:Hello:fancy', array(
'name' => $name,
'color' => 'green'
));
// further modify the response or return it directly
}
return $response;
Notice that the forward() method uses the same string representation of the controller used in
the routing configuration. In this case, the target controller class will
be HelloController inside someAcmeHelloBundle. The array passed to the method
becomes the arguments on the resulting controller. This same interface is used when
embedding controllers into templates (see Embedding Controllers). The target controller method
should look something like the following:
public function fancyAction($name, $color)
{
// ... create and return a Response object
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