Browser Back Button Laravel

Question

So I have this back buttons I use this when I create a building then theres a back button for the homepage for edit also and its working.

The problem is I have an OfficePage which have create and edit also, the back button for office page is not working every time I click the create office when I press Back it doesnt refresh the page I have to refresh it so I can see the office that I created heres my routes and code for it.

This is the back button code for building

<a href="{{route('index')}}" class="btn btn-default btn-md"> GO Back</a>

This is the back button code for office

<a href="javascript:history.back()" class="btn btn-default">Back</a>

Routes

Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index')->name('home');

Route::get('/', 'BuildingController@index')->name('index');

Route::get('building/{id}', 'PageController@show');

Route::get('buildings/create', 'BuildingController@create')->name('createbform')

Route::post('building/create/store', 'BuildingController@store')->name('createbuilding');

Route::get('building/{id}/edit', 'BuildingController@edit');

Route::post('building/{id}/edit', 'BuildingController@update')->name('editbuilding');

Route::get('building/{id}/delete', 'BuildingController@destroy');

Route::get('office/{id}', 'OfficeController@show')->name('officeMenu');

Route::get('building/{id}/offices/create', 'OfficeController@create')->name('createofficeform');

Route::post('building/{id}/offices/create/store', 'OfficeController@store')->name('createoffice');

Route::get('building/{id}/offices/edit', 'OfficeController@edit')->name('editofficeform');

Route::post('building/{id}/offices/edit', 'OfficeController@update')->name('editoffice');

Route::get('offices/{id}/delete', 'OfficeController@destroy')->name('deleteoffice');

Alexey Mezenin · Answer 1 · 2018-01-02T09:30:23.117

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Use url()->previous():

<a href="{{ url()->previous() }}" class="btn btn-default">Back</a>

If you want to return 2 requests back, use this solution.

edited Jan 02 '18 at 09:30

answered Jan 02 '18 at 09:23

Alexey Mezenin

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It wont go back to my officepage, when I click the create office and click back button it stays on the createofficepage @Alexey Mezenin – TeamPlar Jarj Jan 02 '18 at 09:26
@TeamPlarJarj do you use `GET` request when you're sending the form? You should use `POST`. Or just return [2 requests back](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36098589/how-to-return-back-twice-in-laravel). – Alexey Mezenin Jan 02 '18 at 09:29
@TeamPlarJarj the right way is to use `POST` when submitting a form to `store()` method. https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/controllers#resource-controllers – Alexey Mezenin Jan 02 '18 at 09:32
Oh wait its a post .. I use it for the createoffice – TeamPlar Jarj Jan 02 '18 at 09:34
@TeamPlarJarj are you sure it's `POST`? Because you're using `GET` in all forms you've shown in previous questions. Also, have you tried 2 links back solution? – Alexey Mezenin Jan 02 '18 at 09:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 02 '18 at 09:25

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When using the "history.back" function, the browser used to give you a copy from it's cache instead of reload the page. Best way here is not to use the "history.back" function but use the correct route to get a fresh copy of your page.

answered Jan 02 '18 at 09:25

Paladin

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Simply give your link an explicit route to go to, like Back – Paladin Jan 02 '18 at 09:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 02 '18 at 09:26

You can try this function also,

/**
 * Method to redirect to the previous page
 *
 * Add to one of your helpers
 *
 * USEAGE: redirectPreviousPage();
 */
if ( ! function_exists('redirectPreviousPage'))
{
    function redirectPreviousPage()
    {
        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']))
        {
            header('Location: '.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
        }
        else
        {
            header('Location: http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
        }

        exit;
    }
}

HTML

<a href="{{ redirectPreviousPage() }}" class="btn btn-default">Back</a>

This function you also use it if there are core files in your project.

Nims Patel · Answer 4 · 2018-01-02T09:28:57.707

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In Laravel, you can do something like that:

<a href="{{Request::referrer()}}">Back</a> (assuming you're using blade).

{{ URL::previous() }}

edited Jan 02 '18 at 09:28

answered Jan 02 '18 at 09:26

Nims Patel

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Ya but the problem is when I press Create Office button and click the back button it doesnt go back to officepage it stays on createofficepage – TeamPlar Jarj Jan 02 '18 at 09:28

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