Rewrite URL

[RedRocky]

I am using Ajax to sort a table without having to reload the entire page. However, how can I rewrite the URL each time the page is sorted by a different column so that if the user reloads the page, or booksmarks the page, it will load up still sorted by the last column they sorted the data by?

 

For example, at the moment, if the data table is sorted by forename, but the user clicks on the surname header to sort it by surname, and then the user hits the reload button of the browser, the data will once again be sorted by forename. I want it to reload the page still sorted by surname.

 

How can I do this?

Thanks,

Stephen

[dreamwest]

cookie or database session

[iScript]

Store the user's sorting expression in a session

$_SESSION['sortOrder'] = $_GET['sortOrder'];
/* the URL shoul'd be similar to "page.php?sortOrder=name" */

Or in a cookie:

setcookie("sortOrder",$_GET['sortOrder']);