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go back to paged category

hi need a bit of help here

my categories are paged and I display only 6 posts per page.
I visit a post number 7 displayed on page no. 2.

I'd like to have link which takes me back to the page of category where the excerpt was displayed, in above scenario page 2.

I must not relay on js history.

6 posts per page is a static number.

how can I get a link like that?

tomasz kozysa | 04/28/10 at 11:03pm | Edit

navigation category post

(2) Possible Answers Submitted...

Last edited:
04/29/10
3:37am
Buzu B says:
you could use the referrer of the current page and go back to that page.

An example of this would be something like:
```
<a href="<?php echo  $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]  ?>">Back</a>
```
I think that would do it.
Last edited:
04/29/10
8:24am
Lew Ayotte says:
If each post is in a single category, this function could work:
```
Back to <?php the_category(' ', ) ?>
```
If you have several categories per post, you'll need some logic, like:
```
<?php

if (preg_match('#/category/(.*)/.*#', $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"], $matches)) {

    echo '<a href=' . get_category_link($matches[0] . '>Back to ' . $matches[0] . '</a>';

}

?>
```
Lew

Previous versions of this answer: 04/29/10 at 5:30am