Product Info page back button

[jhande]

All this time I thought I already fixed this problem... nope.

 

I've Googled and Googled, searched the forum and contributions but keep coming up short of a usable fix.

 

Somewhere around here there must be a back button that works!

 

I've tried the javascript version and that's not totally friendly.

 

Found and tried a couple from the contributions section.

One seemed to work fine, until you add a product to your cart then you get stuck refreshing the product info page instead of going back.

 

Can someone be so kind to point me in the correct direction?

 

I remember seeing this topic discussed hundreds of times, but I'll be damned if I can find any with a solution.

[germ]

All this time I thought I already fixed this problem... nope.

 

I've Googled and Googled, searched the forum and contributions but keep coming up short of a usable fix.

 

Somewhere around here there must be a back button that works!

 

I've tried the javascript version and that's not totally friendly.

 

Found and tried a couple from the contributions section.

One seemed to work fine, until you add a product to your cart then you get stuck refreshing the product info page instead of going back.

 

Can someone be so kind to point me in the correct direction?

 

I remember seeing this topic discussed hundreds of times, but I'll be damned if I can find any with a solution.

This code worked for me:

 

<?php
   $back = sizeof($navigation->path)-2;
   if (isset($navigation->path[$back])) {
?>
               <td class="main"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link($navigation->path[$back]['page'], tep_array_to_string($navigation->path[$back]['get'], array('action')), $navigation->path[$back]['mode']) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_continue_shopping.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_CONTINUE_SHOPPING) . '</a>'; ?></td>
<?php
   }
?>

However I opted to use the "Continue Shopping" approach.

:thumbsup:

[jhande]

Thanks Jim

 

But that has the same effect as my original.

 

If your on say page five of the product listings, click an item, click the back button, it goes back to the first page of product listings not the fifth.

 

 

Any way to remedy that?

 

[germ]

Thanks Jim

 

But that has the same effect as my original.

 

If your on say page five of the product listings, click an item, click the back button, it goes back to the first page of product listings not the fifth.

 

 

Any way to remedy that?

 

Oh.... You wanted the "super deluxe" version...

:thumbsup:

 

Well, there is probably a better way, but this is how I did it.

 

In the /catalog/index.php after this line:

 

  require('includes/application_top.php');

I added this code:

 

  if ( isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['sort']) ) {
   $isort = $HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'];
   if ( ! tep_session_is_registered('isort') ) {
     tep_session_register('isort');
   }
 }

 if ( isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['page']) ) {
   $ipage = $HTTP_GET_VARS['page'];
   if ( ! tep_session_is_registered('ipage') ) {
     tep_session_register('ipage');
   }
 }

Then the code on the product info page becomes:

 

<?php
   $back = sizeof($navigation->path)-2;
   $others = '';
   if (isset($navigation->path[$back])) {
     if ( ($isort!='') || ($ipage!='') ) {
       if ( $isort != '') 
         $others .= '&sort=' . $isort;
       if ( $ipage != '') 
         $others .= '&page=' . $ipage;
     }
?>
               <td class="main" align="center"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link($navigation->path[$back]['page'], tep_array_to_string($navigation->path[$back]['get'], array('action')) . $others, $navigation->path[$back]['mode']) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_continue_shopping.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_CONTINUE_SHOPPING) . '</a>'; ?></td>
<?php
   }
?>

Maybe all the info is in the $navigation array somewhere (and maybe it isn't) but I was never able to find it.

:blush:

[acbatchelor]

i had the same problem so i used another contribution.

 

 

<td class="main">
                <?php $referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
   if (!$referer == '') {
      echo '<a href="' . $referer . '">' . tep_image_button('button_back.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BACK) . '</a>';
   } else {
       echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, tep_get_path($current_category_id = '')) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_back.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BACK) . '</a>'; }
    ?></td>

 

i can't remember which contribution it was so there is the code. this will send you back to the page you came from.  if you were on page 5 and clicked on a product, then clicked back. you would be sent to page 5.  however, if you got to the product from somewhere else, like a search engine, then it takes you back to the first page.  i don't know if you like this or not. it doesn't matter to me if it sends them back to the first page if they came from a search engine because they have not seen the products on the first pages anyway.

 

if this works for you, great. if not, good luck.

[jhande]

Thanks Adam

 

That's the contribution I tried and it worked until you clicked the add to cart button. Then it gets stuck refreshing the product info page.

 

Well at least as a guest.

[jhande]

Oh.... You wanted the "super deluxe" version...

 

Awesome Jim!!!

 

Thank you so much for sharing your "super deluxe" version.

 

Works like a charm

 

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

 

Hope you have/had a Happy New Year