Redirect to external URL with return in laravel

Question

I am trying to send one time password to a user using SMS INDIA HUB API. For that purpose I need to redirect to a URL format:

http://cloud.smsindiahub.in/vendorsms/pushs

Answer 1

For Laravel 5.x / 6.x / 7.x use:

return redirect()->away('https://www.google.com');

as stated in the docs:

Sometimes you may need to redirect to a domain outside of your application. You may do so by calling the away method, which creates a RedirectResponse without any additional URL encoding, validation, or verification: