How to redirect users back to a specific page using Sessions

[rahia307]

hi
i use session for login and logout. but i have problem. i want to redirect the page where i come from login. but i cannot do this.
in other words what is the procedure after login i redirect the page where i come from login.
plz help me for this

[musa007]

Hi Rahia.

Try the following:

if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], 'xyz.php'))
{
header('Location:'.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
}
 

Here, we are searching the PHP variable ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) for an occurance of the string (xyx.php).

If this is true, then the page is directed to itself (i.e. reloaded) on this occassion ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']).

If you want to redirect to another page, simply change:
header($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])
-to-
header('Location:' XXX);
where XXX is the appropiate URL.

I hope this helps.