Re: FN-FORUM: Full Referrer URL PHP

date posted 12th May 2008 16:49

>What do you want to achieve by knowing the referrer URL?

The referring site :)
The keywords really.

Darren


Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> Question how do I get it?
>
> You can't, reliably.
>
>> I've tried HTTP_REFERER which gives me the
>> domain and the first variable value combination
>> but nothing else and I've tried
>> QUERY_STRING which just doesn't work and gives
>> me nothing??
>
> HTTP_REFERER is the variable that some browsers will send with
> information about the previous site visited. But internet security and
> privacy software often blocks or spoofs that header, so it's most
> unrealiable.
>
> QUERY_STRING will contain all the stuff after any question mark in the
> URL, and only for the current page request, not the previous one.
>
> What do you want to achieve by knowing the referrer URL?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Anthony