Login Redirect

[James Jiao]

Hi, all

I have this login script that calls on itself to authenticate the username
and the password. It redisplays the login page if there is an error. My
question is how do I redirect it to a different page, when the user is
authenticated (i.e. the address in the address box changes to a new name,
for example, if the login page is called login.php, then I want to redirect
the logged in user to home.php without any clicking from the user). I
realize that there is a header function available, but I've heard that any
information related to the current session is lost upon using this function.
Is there any better way?


cheers

==James==

[Paul]

Same here. Just implemented the same thing using the same process. Where di
you read that as it may explain a problem I am having (in the post above
this one).


"Ian.H [dS]" <ian@WINDOZEdigiserv.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 04:43:40 +1200 in
> <message-id:2bt%a.11852$9f7.1364003@news02.tsnz.net>
> "James Jiao" <jamesjiao@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>

> > I want to redirect
> > the logged in user to home.php without any clicking from the user). I
> > realize that there is a header function available, but I've heard
> > that any information related to the current session is lost upon
> > using this function. Is there any better way?

>
>
> Hmm, don't know where you heard that, but I've just implemented this
> exact same idea.
>
> What results did you get when you tried it?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ian
>
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[enniobozzetti]

I would like to know what is the best way to redirect the user to the last page
he visited after they login.

right now I have the cflocation to a hardcode page, but I need to send the
user to the last page he came from.

[Dan Bracuk]

put this Javascript somewhere
window.history.back()

[enniobozzetti]

That doesn't work.... for example... I have a folder where only members can
see, but if you try to go to [url]www.mysite.com/members/[/url] and you are not logged in
you will go to the login page, but using the java script it will not send me
back top the [url]www.mysite.com/members/[/url] that will take me back to the login
page... so I would like to know if there is a way like in the cferror where you
can get the ERROR.HTTPReferer and you will get the last page.

;)

[Dan Bracuk]

Try this
window.history.back(2)


Originally posted by: enniobozzetti
That doesn't work.... for example... I have a folder where only members can
see, but if you try to go to [url]www.mysite.com/members/[/url] and you are not logged in
you will go to the login page, but using the java script it will not send me
back top the [url]www.mysite.com/members/[/url] that will take me back to the login
page... so I would like to know if there is a way like in the cferror where you
can get the ERROR.HTTPReferer and you will get the last page.

;)

[backprop]

window.history.back() does not take an argument. Perhaps you meant window.history.go(-2).

[zvince]

Well, http referer is available in any cf script (if not, how do we get it in application.log ?)