Ok you scripting brainiacs..here's one for you

[grynmoors]

How do we redirect a user to the last page visited after they log in like it does for the upload page?

I know how to redirect to a certain page after login, but what about the last page there were visiting? Let's say they are trying to access a member only page...they get the login thing, but then are redirected to either their profile or whatever page is set in the login.php:

$redirect_url = $config['baseurl'] . '/' . $user_info['user_name'];

Now they have to hunt for the page they originally intended to view, which is a pain in the butt. It would be nice if they were redirected back to what they were originally doing, just like with the upload page.

[carefree2]

login.php

$come_from = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

if ($come_from == "site.com/login.php"){

$redirect_url = $config['baseurl'] . '/' . $user_info['user_name'];

}else{

$redirect_url = javascript:history.go(-2);

 redirect($redirect_url)

}

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] isnt the best tracker to use for internal pages but the if else will prevent any bugs

[grynmoors]

Oh hey thanks, can't wait to give it a whirl!!

[grynmoors]

No matter where I insert that code, I get this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /home/j

...which is the line about the history..but this gives me a good place to start learning...google, here I come.

[carefree2]

Its missing a semicolon in the script, use this:

$come_from = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

if ($come_from == "site.com/login.php"){

$redirect_url = $config['baseurl'] . '/' . $user_info['user_name'];

}else{

$redirect_url = "javascript:history.go(-2)";

 redirect($redirect_url);

}

[grynmoors]

grrrr why is this stuff never simple.

It tries to return me to df2videos.com/login

which is a blank page.

I'll get a hold of a guy I know who is like way into PHP and stuff, I'll see if he come up with something. Thanks.

[carefree2]

Just make your login a content "box" that gets included/required on any page that you need a login on. It displays the login form if you are not logged in, it submits to the current page since it is just included/required on any page so there is no need to redirect all over the place, and it displays a logout link when you are logged in.