Log In Page that goes back to REFERRING page

[Steve Macleod]

Hi,
I am using the following code to initialise a session, depending on
whether-or-not the users' log in attempt has been successful.

if ($session_ok == "TRUE") {
//open the session
session_start();
//assign user details to session
$_SESSION[txt_user] = $user_id;
$_SESSION[user_pass] = $user_pass;
$_SESSION[ses_state] = "TRUE";
header("Location: ../index.php");
}

as you can see the script then refers back to my index.php page, after the
session is ok'd.

What I would like to do is change this so that is goes back to the referring
page, instead of the index.php page, which requires the user to then
navigate to their previous page again.

I have attempted to use $HTTP_REFERER, although for me (on IE6) for some
reason their is no value in the variable!

Any help appreciated!

Thanks.

[jn]

"Steve Macleod" <st********@leodhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:h4**************@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...

Hi,
I am using the following code to initialise a session, depending on
whether-or-not the users' log in attempt has been successful.

if ($session_ok == "TRUE") {
//open the session
session_start();
//assign user details to session
$_SESSION[txt_user] = $user_id;
$_SESSION[user_pass] = $user_pass;
$_SESSION[ses_state] = "TRUE";
header("Location: ../index.php");
}

as you can see the script then refers back to my index.php page, after the
session is ok'd.

What I would like to do is change this so that is goes back to the referring page, instead of the index.php page, which requires the user to then
navigate to their previous page again.

I have attempted to use $HTTP_REFERER, although for me (on IE6) for some
reason their is no value in the variable!

Any help appreciated!

Thanks.

Did you try $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']?

[Steve Macleod]

duh

thats working ok now

many thanks!
"jn" <us********************************@jasonnorris.ne t> wrote in message
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"Steve Macleod" <st********@leodhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:h4**************@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...

Hi,
I am using the following code to initialise a session, depending on
whether-or-not the users' log in attempt has been successful.

if ($session_ok == "TRUE") {
//open the session
session_start();
//assign user details to session
$_SESSION[txt_user] = $user_id;
$_SESSION[user_pass] = $user_pass;
$_SESSION[ses_state] = "TRUE";
header("Location: ../index.php");
}

as you can see the script then refers back to my index.php page, after the session is ok'd.

What I would like to do is change this so that is goes back to the

referring

page, instead of the index.php page, which requires the user to then
navigate to their previous page again.

I have attempted to use $HTTP_REFERER, although for me (on IE6) for some
reason their is no value in the variable!

Any help appreciated!

Thanks.

Did you try $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']?

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

"Steve Macleod" <st********@leodhotmail.com> wrote in message news:<h4**************@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...

Hi,
I am using the following code to initialise a session, depending on
whether-or-not the users' log in attempt has been successful.

if ($session_ok == "TRUE") {
//open the session
session_start();
//assign user details to session
$_SESSION[txt_user] = $user_id;
$_SESSION[user_pass] = $user_pass;
$_SESSION[ses_state] = "TRUE";
header("Location: ../index.php");
}

as you can see the script then refers back to my index.php page, after the
session is ok'd.

What I would like to do is change this so that is goes back to the referring
page, instead of the index.php page, which requires the user to then
navigate to their previous page again.

I have attempted to use $HTTP_REFERER, although for me (on IE6) for some
reason their is no value in the variable!

Wrong idea. What if the referrer page is other than your site?

The correct idea is to track the current url of the page in cookie.
So, while logining just check if that cookie is set; if it is set then
redirect to that page.

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