Document.write function

[leegodden]

Hi This is probably an easy one

I have a php search page which looks up an mysql database, and if there are no results to show from user entry then i use the document.write fuction as seen below to send the user to a html page
else print "<script>document.location.href='no_results.htm'</script>";
The no_results page loads fine but the back button on the browser is then disabled, and I am stuck on the page. I could build a button that uses the History.go() function but I still would like the user to use the browsers back button if they wanted to. Is there a fix or workaround for this please
Any help would be much appreciated

Regards
Lee

 

[jammer1221]

Why not skip javascript entirely and use PHP to redirect the user?...Just a thought (in case the user has JS turned off)

 

[leegodden]

Would like to but have had so much trouble with the headers error in PHP, and not sure how to overcome this. I understand the principal behind the error ie( header calls must be before any other output, and the whitespace between th <? ?> tags issue, but cannot get it to work

Thanks

Lee

 

[monksnake]

Pass the URL of the page that the browser was on right before they got redirected to the no_results.htm page in a form. Pull that value on the no_results.htm page and make a button that onclick will redirect to that URL.

That should work, however I do think jammer1221's idea is better.

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