The correct spelling is the American spelling - i.e. cgi.http_referer even though my outlook insists on arguing with me and changing it to referrer.
But as you have discovered, not all browsers send the parameter, because the anti-spamming measures adopted by a lot of people block it. This hasn't been much of a worry until recently. But a site I'm working on has a rapidly increasing number of users with this problem, and I'm having to re-write a whole application which relied on http_referer to verify the user had access. Computers are increasingly being delivered to users with personal firewalls installed and that gives rise to the problem. IN short, if you're planning an application that's going to need http_referer, my advice is to re-think it! Cheers, Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP WebWorks -----Original Message----- From: mark brinkworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 28 July 2002 1:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CGI.HTTP_REFERER Some firewalls (such as Norton's - I know this from personal experience), block or change the http_referer that is sent from the browser to the server. In the case or Norton, it gets changed to http_weferer, and consists of a rather random looking alphabet soup. Cheers, Mark >Okay. I'm stumped. I had this whole lovely plan for something I'm working >on. It involved looking at the value of CGI.HTTP_REFERER. But that value >isn't coming up on my radar. It doesn't matter what browser I use. It's >just not there. I've tried different spellings (REFERRER, REFERER), looped >through every variable available, put a reference without a variable scope >prefix, everything. It just doesn't show up. > >I understand that the CGI variables returned are based on the server >configuration. So I guess my entire pile of questions is: > >A) Am I doing something simple and obviously stupid? > >B) What would I have to do to my server to get it to return this variable: >is it on the CFAS side, or on the HTTP-server-software side? > >Thanks for any help anyone can give. I need this blasted variable!! > >Matthieu > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
