return to same page after deleting a record

brettacvh

I want to return to the original page eg. http://www.something.com/admin/manage_banners.php?banner_type_ID=2

ie. retain the "banner_type_ID" in the url after deleting the record.

I have tried the history method with javascript with no joy:

if ((isset($_GET['banner_ID'])) && ($_GET['banner_ID'] != "")) {
  $deleteSQL = sprintf("DELETE FROM tbl_banners WHERE banner_ID=%s",
                       GetSQLValueString($_GET['banner_ID'], "int"));

  mysql_select_db($database_dbConn, $dbConn);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($deleteSQL, $dbConn) or die(mysql_error());

  $deleteGoTo = "javascript:history.go(-2)";
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $deleteGoTo .= (strpos($deleteGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $deleteGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
  }
  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $deleteGoTo));
}

Any help would be appreciated.

dagon

header with the full url will work. you cant put js in header.

brettacvh

thanks Dragon. Only problem is that the url will change depending on the content it is displaying.

dagon

brettacvh;10903234 wrote:
thanks Dragon. Only problem is that the url will change depending on the content it is displaying.

then it will be a new page and you should know the url

brettacvh

the url is changed dynamically

dagon

brettacvh;10903237 wrote:
the url is changed dynamically

yes, so? I don't understand how you could ever be in a situation where you don't know the url of the page.

have you looked at all the $_SERVER vars ?

print_r($_SERVER);

rsmith

Why don't you just use something like:

$return_url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

header("Location: ".$return_url."");

dagon

never use $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] is highly unreliable and sent by the client so fakeabel

'HTTP_REFERER'
The address of the page (if any) which referred the user agent to the current page. This is set by the user agent. Not all user agents will set this, and some provide the ability to modify HTTP_REFERER as a feature. In short, it cannot really be trusted.

djjjozsi

rsmith;10903242 wrote:
Why don't you just use something like:

If you make a delete program, you don't need a confirmation page? If yes,
better way to store the page ID's and pager values in session or in database,
and after delete you can redirect to the "last" page.

Hello,
jjozsi.