Redirect issue

Dear all,

I have a strange issue when I use the return redirect()->to() function:
In my controller; I have this method:

PHP Code:

private function _check_login()
{
    $auth = service('simplecas');
    $this->user = $auth->logged_in_user(); 
    $this->data['user'] = $this->user;

    if(!isset($this->user) || is_null($this->user))
    {
        //return redirect()->to('no_valid_userid');
        return redirect()->route('no_valid_userid');
    }
    // Check if user id is in a given array of allowed uids
    elseif(is_array($this->user) &&  !in_array($this->user['uid'], $this->allowed_uids))
    {
        //die('Not allowed');
        //return redirect()->to('/issues/not_allowed');
        return redirect()->route('not_allowed');
    }
    else
    {
        $this->data['user'] = $this->user;
    }
} 


In my routes config file, I added:

PHP Code:

$routes->add('not_allowed', 'Issues::not_allowed');
$routes->add('no_valid_userid', 'Issues::no_valid_userid'); 


Neither way of redirection (via 'route' or 'to' works), the code just continues no mather if the user is logged in or not.
If I uncomment the die('Not allowed') line, it works (scrips stops).
Can anyone explain this behaviour? What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks in advance!

You need to return the Response object from your controller.
You return it from the _check_login() method, but do you return it from the public method?

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You need to return the Response object from your controller.
You return it from the _check_login() method, but do you return it from the public method?

Hi kenjis, it's obvious indeed but I missed that one. Many thanks!