David Wahler wrote: > Lad wrote: > >>Hi, >>I have a web program and a user can have access to a page only after he >>logged in. >>So, the program comes with a Login form and the user logins.But I do >>not know how to return the user back to where he came from, after a >>successful login. >> >>Something like this: >> >>PageWhereUserMustBeLogin -------->UserSigned----->- >> >>^------<---------------------------------------------------<----| >> >> >>Thank you for help >> >>L. > > > You'll need to either use a hidden form field or check the HTTP > "Referer" header to determine the page the user was on. Then, just use > an HTTP redirect to send them back to that page. > > Are you using a particular web application framework, or separate CGI > scripts? > Another alternative might be to serve a script that sent the browser back 2 pages in its history, as long as server state hasn't changed in the meantime.
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