[RedirectClass] toReferrer - Printable Version

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[RedirectClass] toReferrer - christianberkman - 06-24-2024

In my project is is likely users will open multiple tabs but continue navigating on the original tab. In this case, using redirect()->back() produces unexpected behavior. Example

user opens /list/
user opens /list/item/1 in a new tab (in background)
user posts form on /list
controller handles form posts and does a

Code:
redirect()->back()
user is now redirected back to /list/item/1 since it is the last visited url in the session

The behaviour of

Code:
redirect()->back()

is well documented and I understand the choice to use the session for safety.

However, would there be enough of a use case to add a

Code:
redirect()->toReferrer()

function to cover the case I just described? Of course, this would be not much more than a convenience function as the functionality can already be achieved with other functions from the framework.

I would be happy to open a PR.

RE: [RedirectClass] toReferrer - kenjis - 06-24-2024

HTTP_REFERER is not reliable.
So if you want to use it, redirect()->to($referer) by yourself.

RE: [RedirectClass] toReferrer - kenjis - 06-24-2024

There is no need to use back() or referer in the first place.
You can just specify the URI in the controller.