Front end login redirect to {page_url} with structure, how to make this work

Question

EE 2.7.2 Structure 3.3.13

I've got a site where I have a front end login form that is on all pages as a modal when clicking the login link in the header. Everything works fine, however for the redirect="" parameter I would like the form to redirect to the page it was filled out on.

using this code:

  {exp:member:login_form return="{page_url}"}
    <label>Username</label>
    <input type="text" name="username" value="" maxlength="32" size="25">

    <label>Password</label>
    <input type="password" name="password" value="" maxlength="32" size="25">

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="button small">
  {/exp:member:login_form}

results in a broken url http://domain.com/%7Bpage_url%7D

and a white page with this message

The URI you submitted has disallowed characters.

I tried using low variables and preparsing the {page_url} (same as embedding a template) but that also did not work.

Is there a way to get the {page_url} to work in the login form?

Answer 1

Use the Structure global variable {structure:page:uri} which is the same as EE's native "page_url" variable.

Answer 2

Sounds like it's just not parsing your {page_url} -- try parse="inward"?

{exp:member:login_form return="{page_url}" parse="inward"}

Answer 3

Try using EE's {current_url} Standard Global Variable. I've successfully used this for the return parameter on the Member module login_form tag for exactly the same scenario you are describing.

{exp:member:login_form return="{current_url}"}
   ...
{/exp:member:login_form}