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This feels like a really stupid and obvious question, but… how do I dynamically generate the current URL in a template? I’ve got a members-only page that shows a hard-coded login form if the user isn’t logged in, and I want the form to return them to that page when they do login (using the <input type=“hidden” name=“RET” value=“http://www.example.com/members/only/” /> line, I believe).

Michael,

I’m not sure if this is what you need, but check out this thread here, and also this wiki post.

The Wiki kinda addresses the issue, but the problem isn’t redirecting the user after login, it’s getting the URL of the current page so that I can redirect the user to the proper place to begin with. 😊

Oh, forgive me.. I thought you wanted to redirect the user to the page they were originally on? Those two links should address that issue.

If you’re looking for something to determine the current user’s URL, you can use this plugin made by Mark Bown, called Fetch URI. There’s been a lot of inquiries of late for what you want to do, so just dig a bit back maybe 1-2 days and you might find a bit more information.

Hope this helps. If you don’t mind, please post your results and what you did so others can hopefully use this as a resource. 😊

I think you might have linked to the wrong thread…

The Fetch URI will get the current URL for you..

Forgive me if I am misunderstanding.. Are you simply wondering how you can create the page that the link is referring to with templates or something?

EDIT: Dangit, I hate when I post from the wrong login.

Nope. 😊 I simply want a {current_url} tag that, if I put it in this thread (and if the forums parsed EE tags), would output the current URL - in this thread’s case: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/84431/

I think you might have linked to the wrong thread…

When I wrote that, I was referring to your first reply in this thread, sorry. 😊 In any case, yes, it looks like the Fetch URI will do the trick.