Remember from whence you came...?

dalecosp

Hmm, lately I've coded all kinds of new and neat stuff (for my skill level, anyhow) but decided to scream "help" on this one.

What are the best methods for remembering the "Ref Page" when sending the surfer to a login script? (You want him to return to the page he attempted to enter when unauthorized...) I've basically been doing a cookie based authentication....

I was sure I was onto something with this in the header:

if (($Members="1") && ($AuthState="0")) {
   setcookie("RefPage", "$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]");
   header("Location: login.php");
   }

and then in login.php, once the password check is finished:

$RefPg="$_COOKIE[RefPg];
echo "Welcome!  Click <a href=\"$RefPg">here</a> to enter the site!";

but what I'm getting is a link to http://mysite.com/A

As if I were putting in an "Array" value somewhere, and the browser couldn't handle it...any wisdom? How do you accomplish this feat?

TIA

mikeatrpi

//have you tried this?
header('Location: login.php?refpage=' . $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]);

I know it wasn't what you were trying to do, but I reckon you might be better of incase a user doesn't accept your cookie.

dalecosp

Originally posted by mikeatrpi

//have you tried this?
header('Location: login.php?refpage=' . $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]);

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Well, I think I tried something with get a while back. Due to the fragmented nature of the way I work on things, and the holidays, I haven't thought as much on this lately as some others. I am happy my clients can now beep my pager from my website, however 🙂

I'll get back to you on the outcome...and thanks for your kind help.