Wordpress wp_redirect only once for users from Country-CodePudding

Trying to achieve a situation on a Wordpress site:

when user is from countrycode EE then redirect him to url /et but only do it once so the user could still visit the original language as well /

Added my code into the functions php with an add_action but I get an infinite loop My code is as follows:

function wpml_lang_redirect() {

    if(isset($_SERVER["MM_COUNTRY_CODE"])){
        //If it is exists, use it.
        $userCountry = $_SERVER["MM_COUNTRY_CODE"];
        //$euroCountry = array('EE');
    
        if( $userCountry == 'EE' ) {
            wp_redirect( get_bloginfo('url') . "/et/" );
            //wp_redirect( get_bloginfo('url') . "?lang=en" );
            exit;
        } 
    }
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wpml_lang_redirect' );

I also don't want to put this on the homepage as I want to redirect users once but still be able to switch to the original homepage for ENG content.

Currently a bit confused how could this be even achieved? or would this rather be something to .htaccess type of assignment and not PHP?

CodePudding user response：

Here's the solution with PHP, with setting a cookie

if( !isset($_COOKIE["first_time_estonia"]) ){
    $browser_lang = $_SERVER["MM_COUNTRY_CODE"]; // from server provider
    setcookie("first_time_estonia", "1", time()   24 * 3600, "/", "", 0); // for 24hrs

    if( !isset($_COOKIE["first_time_estonia"]) ){   
        header("Reload:0"); // has been here in 24hrs doesn't redirect again
    }
    if ($browser_lang == 'EE') {
        header("Location: /et"); // hasn't been in 24hrs redirects to Estonian
    }
}