That's a great tip. Thanks, Brian. I'll look into it.
On Dec 19, 8:04 pm, brian <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just start a session by default for any user. Once the user has logged > in, create a new session or simply write new values to it. > > When the user requests a page, some code of yours must be evaluating > whether a login is necessary. Ergo, the URL is known to your script. > So, you can then write the URL to the session and pick it up after > redirecting to login. > > I'm only vaguely familiar with CodeIgiter but CakePHP can do this > automatically. Perhaps you should check to see if CI has the same > functionality. > > > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Vik <v...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > There is no session yet; the user has not yet logged in. There is no > > way to write the requested URL to a hidden input in the login form, > > because the login form isn''t up yet - the user is visiting some other > > page. > > > On Dec 19, 3:58 pm, brian <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would do all of this server-side. Have your PHP script save the > >> requested page in the session before redirecting to the login page. > >> Or, write the requested URL to a hidden input in the login form. > > >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Vik <v...@mindspring.com> wrote: > >> > Let's say a user visits my site, and takes an action that requires him > >> > to be logged in. I would like to: > > >> > - Take him to the login page > >> > - Automatically return to the page he started from after he logs in > > >> > So I need to capture the current window.location, which is easy (var > >> > returnURL = window.location) and communicate it to my app. I can't > >> > use URL variables (e.g. ?returnURL=http://www.returnlocation.com), > >> > because I'm using CodeIgniter, so I need to pass the returnURL in a > >> > POST or REQUEST variable. > > >> > Is there a way to do this? > > >> > Thanks in advance to all for any info.
