Joomla redirect() Method of Base Controller

This method redirects the browser or returns false if no redirect is set.

• return boolean False if no redirect exists.

public function redirect()
 {
 if ($this->redirect)
 {
 $app = \JFactory::getApplication();

// Enqueue the redirect message
 $app->enqueueMessage($this->message, $this->messageType);

// Execute the redirect
 $app->redirect($this->redirect);
 }

return false;
 }