Re: Fussy logic...

yapp. I know the JS-function, but I was curious if someone knows an beautifuller solution. something neater ;) "Renze Munnik" <renze@datalink.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20010816102612.Q15317@pro-pain.telemediair.nl... > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:01:36AM +0200, Tribun wrote: > > Moin! > > > > Has anybody already thought about the problematic conditional on adding an > > automatic "BACK" Link? > > > > It seems to be very easy... just Link to basename($HTTP_REFERER); > > > > BUT if you CLICK on this Link, and come to a prior site, the BACK-Link THERE > > appears NOT to the PAGE, witch was prior this, but is linked to the Site you > > come from... > > so the link should better be called "FORWARD". > > > > Do U C the problem??? > > > > ;) > > > > Has someone an idea to solve it? > > > > > > Sincerely yours, > > Patrick Lehnen (alias: Tribun) > > > Patrick, > > It's pretty obvious that after using it once it becomes a forward > link because the HTTP_REFERER is the page you last came from. And > after using the back-button once, the last page was the 'next'. The > HTTP_REFERER isn't some kind of history-list. > If you realy want to go Back, why not use: > JS: history.back(...); > > That way you really use the history-list of the browser. So after > using it once, it's still a Back-button instead of a Forward-button. > > Besides that, using the $HTTP_REFERER isn't really something to rely > on. $HTTP_REFERER doesn't always have to be set. In that case you > can't go either Back nor Forward. > > -- > > * R&zE: > > -- »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» > -- Renze Munnik > -- DataLink BV > -- > -- E: renze@datalink.nl > -- W: +31 23 5326162 > -- F: +31 23 5322144 > -- M: +31 6 21811143 > -- H: +31 23 5516190 > -- > -- Stationsplein 82 > -- 2011 LM HAARLEM > -- > -- http://www.datalink.nl > -- ««««««««««««««««««««««««