How do I make a link that takes me to the previous page?
I have a list of thumbnails, when I click on one of these a big picture shows. When I click on the big picture I want to go back to the previous page, just like pressing the back button in explorer.
Probably easier to do with JavaScript:
<img src='img.gif' alt='' title='click photo to return' onClick='history.go(-1)'>
The php way:
<a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; ?>">Go Back</a>
Note that most of the time using HTTP_REFERER will probably work, but some browsers and proxies remove this header.
rikmoncur wrote:The php way:
<a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; ?>">Go Back</a>
This code gives me:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';'
Worked fine for me... must have been a typo when you implemented it.
Paste the code that you used to implement rikmoncur's suggestion.
Yes it works now, a little typo from me. Is it possible to modify this link to have a image instead of the text Go Back?
<a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; ?>">Go Back</a>
Of course! Just replace "Go Back" with the HTML <IMG> element.