Create a test page  MDL-62678 -notify-alert.php. Otherwise, you can download to the site root  MDL-62678-notify-alert-on-same-page.php <?php   include ( 'config.php' ); $PAGE ->set_url( '/' ); $PAGE ->set_context(context_system::instance()); $PAGE ->set_title( 'MDL-62678' );   require_login();   \core\notification::info( '1 before header, stored in session' ); echo $OUTPUT ->header();   \core\notification::info( '2 before footer, rendered inline' ); echo $OUTPUT ->footer();   \core\notification::info( '3 after footer, was ajax, now inline' );   \core\session\manager::write_close(); \core\notification::info( '4 was ignored, now inline' ); Confirm you see this: Download and run  MDL-62678-notify-then-redirect.php Confirm  that you get a redirection notification on the next page. Download and run  MDL-62678-notify-while-redirecting.php Confirm  that you get a redirection notification on the next page. NOTE : In steps 3 and 5, depending on your configuration, it may be required to remove the leading slash from the “/my/" path in the redirect()  function.