Redirect to the same page after log out

Question

index.php

<ul class="top">
       <?php if(!isset($_SESSION['login_user'])) { ?>
        <li class="hover"><a href="#" onClick="revealModal('modalPage')">Login</a>
        </li>
         <?php } else {?>
        <li class="hover"><a href="logout.php">Logout</a>
           Welcome <?php echo $_SESSION['login_user']; ?>
        </li>
         <?php } ?>
        <li><a href="registration.php" class="about">Registration</a>
        </li>
    </ul>

logout.php

<?php    
session_start(); 
session_destroy(); 
header('Location:index.php');  
exit;  
?>

I have my log out button in my every page, so i want that , if an user clicks in log out, he/she should redirect to the same page.. as i ve given the location page index here, but i want to remain in the same page.. any code to redirect to same page ?? Thank you in advance ..

You can use `$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']` i.e header('Location:'.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']); — Krish R, Dec 17 '13 at 06:20
@user876345 hey that 1 z good but showing me wrror bcz i ve used sesiion after the page got redirected , it has lots of error — IT gIrLy GiRl, Dec 17 '13 at 07:33

Ignacio Ocampo · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-17T07:13:08.703

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Approach 1: In your logout.php file, you need to check if you have a REFERER url from previous page and redirect, if not, redirect to index.php

<?php    
session_start(); 
session_destroy();
if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {
 header('Location: '.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);  
} else {
 header('Location: index.php');  
}
exit;  
?>

Approach 2: You can pass a reference to your login page to redirect.

Logout link

<?php
function curPageURL() {
 $pageURL = 'http';
 if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";}
 $pageURL .= "://";
 if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80") {
  $pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
 } else {
  $pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
 }
 return $pageURL;
}
?>

<a href="logout.php?redirect=<?php echo base64_encode(curPageURL()); ?>">Logout</a>

logout.php file:

<?php
session_start(); 
session_destroy();
if(isset($_GET['redirect'])) {
 header('Location: '.base64_decode($_GET['redirect']));  
} else {
 header('Location: index.php');  
}
?>

edited Dec 17 '13 at 07:13

answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:22

Ignacio Ocampo

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hey cant i put a refresh word in that location header without giving '.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']); ?????????????? – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 07:08
but its redirecting only to the index page.. i want to redirect it to the same page.. listen when i used this header('Location: '.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']); , some problem arises like i ve used sessio to call the data from different pages, so after log out the page showing lots of error.. did u get my point ?? @ignacio – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 07:20
Yep! have you seen my approach 2? – Ignacio Ocampo Dec 17 '13 at 07:22
yeah .. dat 1 is only redirecting to the index page not to the same page – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 07:22

Krish R · Answer 2 · 2013-12-17T06:48:11.160

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How about,

header('Location:'.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);

In your login.php file:

$BackToMyPage = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if(isset($BackToMyPage)) {
    header('Location: '.$BackToMyPage);
} else {
    header('Location: index.php'); // default page
}

edited Dec 17 '13 at 06:48

answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:20

Krish R

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i dint put the . operator so initially it was giving me error.. now dis 1 z working properly – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 06:25

Let me see · Answer 3 · 2013-12-17T06:29:23.840

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You do not need $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']if you want to redirect to the same page or refresh it.
It could simply be done using
header('Location : .');

edited Dec 17 '13 at 06:29

answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:20

Let me see

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its not redirecting ... the page got stopped in logout.php page – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 07:12
It worked for me. I created a session before using header and it created it and then redirected to the same page. – Let me see Dec 17 '13 at 07:22
no .. its not working ... i dont want to use $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] bcz, i ve used session to call the data from diffrent page n after log out it's showing me error – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 07:26

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:22

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Try adding a parameter in your logout.php so you could dynamically redirect the user to the page he pressed the logout button.

<li class="hover"><a href="logout.php?page=homepage.php">Logout</a>
           Welcome <?php echo $_SESSION['login_user']; ?>
        </li>

then in your logout.php

<?php    
session_start(); 
session_destroy(); 
$page = $_GET['page'];
header('Location:' . $page);  
exit;  
?>

answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:22

Raven

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i ve only one logout page for evey other page so i think it wont work – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 17 '13 at 07:27

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:25

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$before = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if(isset($before)) {
     header('Location: '.$before);  
} else {
     header('Location: index.php');  
}
exit;

answered Dec 17 '13 at 06:25

LightningBoltϟ

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Please don't simply post the code. Give some explanation or information or usage about your code. For example, see [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/16893057/756941). – Nazik Dec 17 '13 at 06:44

score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 03 '15 at 14:00

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if(isset($_POST['id']))
{
    header('Location:index.php');  
}

edited Apr 03 '15 at 14:00

Nikola K.

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answered Apr 03 '15 at 08:01

vinod

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Redirect to the same page after log out

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