How to redirect to the home page from a template?

Question

I am in catalog\product\compare\list.phtml and I want to redirect to the homepage, like this:

if($someThing) {
    // redirect to homepage
    $this->_redirect('home'); // --> doesnt work
    $this->_redirect(Mage::getBaseUrl()); // --> doesnt work
}

I tried several things, none worked so far. How do I do it right?

Thanks!

Answer 1

From a template you can simply use the following:

Mage::app()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getBaseUrl());

I am interested as to why you are doing redirects directly in the template rather than at the controller level?

Answer 2

As _redirect() is a controller class function .By using this you cannot direction at any pages from phtml page. So you need to controller object which will redirect to home page

Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()
                ->setRedirect(Mage::getBaseUrl())
                ->sendResponse();
            exit;

exit stop execution of current page

Answer 3

You should never redirect to the homepage from a template.
Do that from the controller before any output is done.
You can use the code that DavidManners gave you, but do it before you call renderLayout in the controller.