How do I redirect back to a page I'm currently on?

Question

In my users photo album page they see photos they have uploaded and each photo has a \'make default\' link on it. When the user clicks make default, then the id of

Answer 1

In Rails 5 it was introduced the function:

redirect_back(fallback_location: root_path)

It does redirect back whenever the HTTP_REFERER is known. Otherwise it redirects to the fallback_location.

The redirect_to :back is deprecated and will be removed from Rails 5.1.