Question

I am trying to achieve a functionality that is able to redirect a user to the URL/address to which he was trying to have access before logging in.

For example:

1. A user is trying to access a registered members only area.
2. He is given the message that he is not logged in and redirected to the index page.

How do I redirect the user to the ‘Step 1’ URL when he logs-in successfully?

I hope I am able to explain what I am trying to do.

thanks (in advance) for any help and suggestions 🙂

Answer 1

You could pass that URL in the URL itself:

if (!$loggedIn) {
    header('Location: http://example.com/login?return='.urlencode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
    exit;
}

And after the successful login:

if ($loginSucessful) {
    if (isset($_GET['return']) && substr($_GET['return'], 0, 1) == '/')) {
        header('Location: http://example.com'.$_GET['return']);
    } else {
        header('Location: http://example.com/');
    }
    exit;
}