Redirecting to google or any other website using magento

Question

I am trying to redirect to google.com using Magento.

Mage::app()->getResponse()->setRedirect('http://google.co.in')); 

But when I use this code, I also cannot open the home page. It shows a blank page.

What other code can I use instead so that I can redirect to google.com?

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

 Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect('http://google.com'); 

Also, in your example, you end up with a double), this could be a problem in your code.

Answer 2

to try

Mage::app()->getResponse()->setRedirect($url)->sendHeaders()->sendResponse();
exit();