go to the previous page

[garysenter]

is there a way to direct the users back to a previous page automatically. right now i use the header("Location: ......"); to direct them, but what I want is for them to go to the second to last page they were at before they got to this page. I tried
[code]
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    history.back();
    //-->
</SCRIPT>
[/code]
But that only took me back to the very last page I was at. I want to go back 2 pages.

Any ideas?

[ober]

There is no function in PHP that will allow you to go back twice. The only way to do that would be to store a history in a cookie or in a session and then pull that out and stick it in header(Location:...)

[janggu]

Or, you can do it this way.


[code]
Do something

if (something happened)
echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1; url=your2ndpage.php' />";
die "<p align='center'>Thanks! Redirecting...</p>";[/code]

[ober]

That only works if that 2nd page is pre-defined... your solution fails if you plan to put this in place throughout a website.

[garysenter]

i figured it out. I created a variable and gave it the data from $refpage = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];. Then on the other page i used that in the header("location: $refpage"); and it works. Thanks