Can I redirect the user to some other page if the result of a view is empty?

Question

How do I redirect the user to some other page, when the view returns empty result?

Answer 1

In your views No results behavior Choose ' Global: Text area ' choose php filter and add the following code.

<?php
 drupal_goto('node/1'); //path to redirect
?>

Answer 2

Better yet do it in your views-view.tpl.php and avoid using PHP in UI like.

  <?php if ($rows): ?>
    <div class="view-content">
      <?php print $rows; ?>
    </div>
  <?php elseif ($empty): ?>
    <div class="view-empty">
      <?php drupal_goto('some_page'); ?>
    </div>
  <?php endif; ?>

if you want to pass query to new url use this for goto

drupal_goto('your_url', array('query'=>array(
'variable_name1'=>'variable_value1',
'variable_name2'=>'variable_value2',
'variable_name3'=>'variable_value3',
...... ...
)));

or if you want to goto an anchor on page use this

drupal_goto("node", array('fragment' => $node->nid));