CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Takes a url and 301 redirects to user to that url. Please note - ColdFusion 8 adds the statusCode attribute to be cflocation. This UDF should only be used in ColdFusion 6 and 7.

Return Values:
Returns nothing.

Example:

<cfset cf301Redirect( 'http://google.com' ) />

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Takes a url and 301 redirects to user to that url.
 
 @param urlString 	 URL to push the user to. (Required)
 @return Returns nothing. 
 @author Erik Vold (&#101;&#114;&#105;&#107;&#118;&#118;&#111;&#108;&#100;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 @version 0, December 6, 2008 
--->
<cffunction name="cf301Redirect" access="public" returntype="void" output="false">
  <cfargument name="urlString" type="string" required="yes" />
  
  <!--- 301 redirect the user to the provided url --->
  <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved permanently" />
  <cfheader name="Location" value="#arguments.urlString#" />
</cffunction>