Laravel 4: Redirect to a given url

Yes, it's

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;

return Redirect::to('http://heera.it');

Check the documentation.

Update: Redirect::away('url') (For external link, Laravel Version 4.19):

public function away($path, $status = 302, $headers = array())
{
    return $this->createRedirect($path, $status, $headers);
}

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]);

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