How to redirect the user when he triggers the refresh button?

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So my question is simple. All I would like to know is how to redirect the user to a specific link when he refreshes the page (is that even possible)? I need it for a WordPress project. Thanks in advance.

there is really no way to know if they hit refresh button or are leaving the page. There are ways to detect it on the page load if it was a refresh. — epascarello, Sep 19 '19 at 17:17
Now that I think about it. It's logic, so there is no way I guess... — root, Sep 19 '19 at 17:19
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5004978/check-if-page-gets-reloaded-or-refreshed-in-javascript — epascarello, Sep 19 '19 at 17:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '19 at 17:27

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input type="button" value="Reload Page" onClick="document.location.reload(true)"

answered Sep 19 '19 at 17:27

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it adds a refresh button – root Sep 19 '19 at 17:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '19 at 10:35

Its simple, you have to use sessions for this purpose. At the start of the page u have to set a session variable when the user visits the page for the first time. Once the user visits that page that session variable will get set, the on the same page u have to check if that session variable is set or not, if its set that means user is trying to reload the site and that time u can redirect him.

Given below is the code

// Starting session
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION["visited"])){
    // redirect the user
}
else{
$_SESSION["visited"] = true;
}

Note* Also make sure that u destroy the session when user visits some other page of the site. Other wise page will always gets redirected untill session is destroyed.

How to redirect the user when he triggers the refresh button?

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