there should be some additional headers that are added by Apache with the original requested url, they may not be in the CGI scope though, or perhaps you need to specifically enable them in the Apache config.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Les Mizzell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got a site using an .htaccess file for friendly URLs. > The index page of the site controls everything, so the .htaccess file > simply converts the the url into variables and redirects back to the index. > > User sees: > www.mysite.com/newsletters/march > > Get's directed to: > www.mysite.com?area=newsletters&month=march > > ...or whatever > > I've got a case where I need to know the link within the site that a > user came from on in order to direct them elsewhere properly. > > Problem is that cgi.http_referrer doesn't play nice with the .htaccess > file. > > If I come from my example above: > www.mysite.com/newsletters/march > > cfdump var="#CGI#" gives me: > > HTTP_HOST www.encompassediscoverymysite.com > HTTP_REFERER [empty string] > PATH_INFO /index.cfm > > Any ideas of another way I can capture the address as > "www.mysite.com/newsletters/march"? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:346698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
