jQuery Cookie URL

Question

I have this cookie jQuery.cookie("previousUrl", window.location.href, {path:"/"}); to store the previous page url. How can I use this cookie as a window.location so that when a user clicks a "back button" it will take them to the page url set in the cookie? Cheers, Mike

just read cookies value and on window.back call window.location.href — Dipesh Parmar, Apr 09 '13 at 10:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 10:34

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First get cookie value

var cookieVal = $.cookie('previousUrl');

then do

 window.location.href = cookieVal;

answered Apr 09 '13 at 10:34

chandresh_cool

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Thanks @chandresh_cool. This works pertaining to my question. For some reason though when the user clicks on a link the previousURL cookie stores the active link url and not the current page url. Any ideas on that one? – user1813098 Apr 09 '13 at 11:07
That is because your this function jQuery.cookie("previousUrl", window.location.href, {path:"/"}); stores the redirected url or the clicked url. – chandresh_cool Apr 09 '13 at 11:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 10:38

In a jQuery try this :

$(window).unload( function () 
{
   // read cookies value and if its set then window.location.href = cookie value
}

In javascript :

window.onbeforeunload = function () {
   // read cookies value and if its set then window.location.href = cookie value
}

jQuery Cookie URL

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