Redirect

Hi,
I have created a BaseController extending CI Controller :

Code:

<?php namespace App\Controllers;

class BaseController extends \CodeIgniter\Controller
{

    protected $env_data;
    protected $env_user;
    
    function __construct()
    {
        $this::init();
    }

    function init() {
        $this->env_data = ['init'=>'yes'];
        $this->env_user = [];

        if(empty($this->env_user)) {
            return redirect()->to('/login');
        }
    }


}

I then created controller Home2 :

Code:

<?php namespace App\Controllers;

class Home2 extends BaseController
{

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::init();
    }

    public function index()
    {
        print_r($this->env_data);
        
        //return redirect()->to('/login');

        return view('welcome_message', $this->env_data);
    }
}

Calling Home2 displays array $this->env_data containing "init"=>'yes'. The redirection does not work.

Can someone confirm this is the expected result?

Why is redirection not working in BaseController?

Thanks in advance!