记住用户想要访问的页面

Question

I have a few links on my page. Most of them will redirect to the homepage if the user is not logged in. Instead of doing that, I want to direct the user to the login page, then direct them to the page they originally wanted to go.

So, for example, if the user is on index.php, and clicks on page10.php without being logged in. S/he should get directed to login.php. After logging in, the website should remember that the user originally wanted to go to page10.php.

How do I do that remembering part? I understand I can use cookies and/or php sessions, but are those the most appropriate ways (in this scenario) of remembering that the user wanted to go to page10.php?

Answer 1

No need to use sessions or get variables, simply access the HTTP_REFERER from the $_SERVER array on your login page, set it to a hidden element in your form then after submission redirect back to that URI