History with php tag?

Want to create redirection with -1 history

[Twisted Mind]

hi i would like to know if there is a possiblillity to get php to do redirect the user of the site back 1 history...

[Anyango]

Just for fun

<?
echo "<script language=javascript>history.back(1);</script>";
?>

;)

I am sure that's not what you want ;)

[Anyango]

What about this one? core PHP ;) (it's not any gauranteed method, it just came in mind on the fly)

<?
if ($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER])!="")
{
header("Location:".$_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]);
}
?>

Logically, this should work. didn't check practically though.

[Twisted Mind]

I have another idea... this will be send with a form what if have something in the form like <input type = hidden value ="urlofthepagiamat" name="thispage">

[Twisted Mind]

if i try your script it says:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IS_NOT_EQUAL in D:\Fluke_Mambo\administrator\components\com_managers\updatefromfrontend.php on line 25

sorry but i cant use javascript on this one (to first replyer)

[Twisted Mind]

u needed to delete 1)

[Twisted Mind]

it works but not like i want becouse it links back to index.php
not to :
index.php?page=checkout.index&ssl_redirect=0&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=26

[Anyango]

Yah sorry i had double quotes missing and an extra )in variable name. hmm lets wait and see what experts say.

[Anyango]

Good question though. never needed to do it with php, now i wonder even if it's possible with php? though it should be but not something i am aware of. curiously waiting to hear from php gurus. ;)

[Twisted Mind]

It is possible but i dont know exactly how maybe with a #*$!tion but i dont know functions :p

[Twisted Mind]

anyone?

[Iguana]

it links back to index.php

You have all the other variables in your GET array so you can build the full pagename + querystring to redirect back to

[Twisted Mind]

lol and how :p

[Receptional Andy]

<?
if ($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]) 
{ 
header("Location: ".$_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]); 
} 
?>

This should work and also preserve the query string. If I clicked onto a page with the code above from /index.php?foo=bar, I will be redirected to /index.php?foo=bar

Is that not what you need to achieve?

[Twisted Mind]

yep

[Twisted Mind]

but it just links back to index.php but the address bar says
*/index.php?page=checkout.index&ssl_redirect=0&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=26

[Receptional Andy]

The address bar simply displays the URL the visitor is on - why do you think it is sending them to /index.php (no variables) - is this because something isn't processed on the page?

[Nutter]

What about...

Keep a session variable of the pages that are visited. Ex: $_SESSION['currentpage'] & $_SESSION['prevpage']. When a visitor goes from index.php?page=2 from index.php?page=1,?page=1 gets moved from 'currentpage' to 'prevpage' and?page=2 gets put into 'currentpage'. Then, just link to $_SESSION['prevpage'].

[Twisted Mind]

?
sorry i dont know how to do that :P i know #*$! about sessions

[Iguana]

I'm at work so no access to php to test this - but how about this:

header('Refresh: 1,URL="'.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'].'"');

[Twisted Mind]

im working too :p

[Twisted Mind]

doesnt work only creates undentified variables :P

[Nutter]

You may also run in to problems of blank referrers - some security software I believe blanks it out.