[php] Laravel 4: Redirect to a given url

Is there a method in Redirect class of laravel where the parameter is a complete url? We all know parameters to these methods are just route name,action, slash,..etc but what I want now is like

return Redirect::foo('https://bla.com/?yken=KuQxIVTNRctA69VAL6lYMRo0');

Both Redirect::to() and Redirect::away() should work.

Difference

Redirect::to() does additional URL checks and generations. Those additional steps are done in Illuminate\Routing\UrlGenerator and do the following, if the passed URL is not a fully valid URL (even with protocol):

Determines if URL is secure
rawurlencode() the URL
trim() URL

src : https://medium.com/@zwacky/laravel-redirect-to-vs-redirect-away-dd875579951f

This worked for me in Laravel 5.8

return \Redirect::to('https://bla.com/?yken=KuQxIVTNRctA69VAL6lYMRo0');

Or instead of / you can use

use Redirect;

You can also use redirect() method like this:-

return redirect('https://stackoverflow.com/');

You can use different types of redirect method in laravel -

return redirect()->intended('http://heera.it');

OR

return redirect()->to('http://heera.it');

OR

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;

return Redirect::to('/')->with(['type' => 'error','message' => 'Your message'])->withInput(Input::except('password'));

OR

return redirect('/')->with(Auth::logout());

OR

return redirect()->route('user.profile', ['step' => $step, 'id' => $id]);