go back to original point on page

[jeff5656]

Inside a while loop, I have a different record, with a unique id.  So I want to process a script and have it return to that same position.  I realize I need to name it first:

 

<a name="foo" href="newbundle.php?action=edit&id=<?php
 echo $row['id_incr']; ?>">click here to process</a>

 

I know I need to put this in to return:

header("Location: ../../mc/displayactive.php#foo");

 

But how do I have it return that specific record that the user had originally clicked?

[.josh]

pass the id back and requery?

[tang]

Suggest that you use something like this:

<a id="foo<?php echo $row['id_incr']; ?>" href="newbundle.php?action=edit&id=<?php echo $row['id_incr']; ?>">click here to process</a>

 

Then you can just redirect to URL#foo<?php echo $row['id_incr']; ?>

 

EDIT: To confirm, you shouldn't just use $row['id_incr'] as the link id as id's must not begin with a number to be valid xhtml. Doesn't have to be "foo" obviously, name it something short and relevant, just a single letter before the numbers is fine.

 

 

[jeff5656]

Do I do <a id="foo... or <a name="fo...??  Because I didn't know you could have two ID's inthe saem a href.  Sorry if thats a stupid question, but I thought I had to use name="" not id="".

[.josh]

tang is suggesting you append the id to foo, so it will end up looking like id="foo123"

[tang]

I think that name is fine but I tend to use id= because it's valid for any element then (<p>, <div> etc). I think that name= might be links only but not 100%.

 

So yep, name should be fine.