Back Button That Remembers Previous Search

[amarafzal]

Im trying to create a back button that takes the user back to there search criteria. At the moment im using the follwing code within in my PHP:

"<a href='#' onclick='history.back();'><br><br>BACK TO search</a>"

At them moment it tells the user that the page has expired.

Any ideas?

[cahva]

I think you are using post-method. Thats why it tells the page is expired. You can round this problem with a form where you put the search values in hidden fields from previous page that user submitted. Then make the "back"-link with this simple javascript where it submits the form.

<a href="javascript:formname.submit()">Back</a>

Something like that... formname is of course your form's name 🙂

BTW, you dont have to use onClick. You can put that history.back() directly to href.

[cahva]

And you probably want the previous values to appear into the search form, you must add the values from the form you send with the back-link.

So for example you have a search-field in the searhpage.

<input type="text" name="search" value="<?=$_POST['search']?>">

The $_POST['search'] variable is taken from the back-link. So in the first time it doesnt show anything, only when you push the back-link..

Heh, I have said it many times but I say it again: Im a bad explainer! 🙂