linking back to last page visited

[Blunderboy]

Hi ye mighty web sages. Can someone be so kind as to tell me the code to slap on a link that will take the visitor back to the page they came from?

[redux]

<a href="#" onclick="history.back()">go back</a>

this will obviously not work if js is disabled or unavailable...

[vgarcia]

For the most accessible workaround, a server-side language would be most helpful. See this PHP example:

<a href="<?php echo($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);?>"
onclick="history.go(-1); return false;">
&laquo; Back</a>

Of course, if your user has a firewall program messing with referrers AND scripting disabled, you're still out of luck.

[redux]

Of course, if your user has a firewall program messing with referrers AND scripting disabled, you're still out of luck.

then you'd have to start using sessions and creating your own "history" for each user...which is quite taxing depending on traffic...but we digress