How to get previous page url using jquery

Question

How to get the previous page url using jquery?

I am using the following code to get the current page location

$(document).ready(function() {
var path         


        

Answer 1

var from = document.referrer;
console.log(from);

document.referrer won't be always available.

Answer 2

If you are using PHP, you can check previous url using php script rather than javascript. Here is the code:

echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

Hope it helps even out of relevance :)

Answer 3

Use can use one of below this

history.back();     // equivalent to clicking back button
history.go(-1);     // equivalent to history.back();

I am using as below for back button

<a class="btn btn-info float-right" onclick="history.back();" >Back</a>

Answer 4

Easy as pie.

$(document).ready(function() {
   var referrer =  document.referrer;
});

Hope it helps. It is not always available though.

Answer 5

Do you mean something like history.go(-1);? It will go back to the previous page.

window.history on MDN

Answer 6

We have document.referrer for this, but it is not on which we can relay. This could be saved, could be not

$(document).ready(function() {
   var referrer =  document.referrer;
});

The better approach is to add a cookie to store the previous-url in the browser.