asked on 7/8/2012

Emulate back button on browser

I need to emulate the back button on the browser. I have 4 different php pages that go the same page. All 4 pages are passed different form data. How do I do this with a button?

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breeze351

7/10/2012

kevinhigg

7/9/2012

With JavaScript, you can do this with history.back() or history.go(-1):

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_his_back.asp

Is this what you're looking for? Best of luck.

Ray Paseur

7/9/2012

Why not code the link you want right into the HTML? You can use PHP to generate the anchor tags.

breeze351

7/9/2012

ASKER

Thanks. Java works.

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breeze351

7/10/2012

ASKER

Yes I know. Just trying to save key strokes

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