next 14 prevent infinite redirects in layout
Hello, I'm creating a chess.com clone - I am attempting to redirect the user if they are currently in a game and they are trying to access any page that is not the 'game page'. Intuitively I thought to do this in a server layout component, so that I can query the serverside game's manager and check if the player is in a game and redirect them if they are. My conditions works, and the user is in fact in a game, they are redirected. However, because they are redirected to a page that is nested within the layout with the redirect condition in, they are redirected again and a redirect cycle begins.
How would I go about ensuring that the user is only redirected for this reason once. My initial thought was to do something like
Thanks in advance for any help
How would I go about ensuring that the user is only redirected for this reason once. My initial thought was to do something like
if(path !== "/play") redirect("/play") (/play is the page with the game interface on) but I have been having trouble accessing the 'current path' from within the server side layout component. Thanks in advance for any help
