Claude Raiola <> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am wondering if cf has the ability to detect the url of referring
> websites that the user was visiting which contained the link to the
> clients site hence bringing the user to visit the clients site  

Yep.

Use the CGI.HTTP_REFERER variable.

You shouldn't trust this for anything security related though, as its
very easily spoofed.

Also there seems to be a growing trend of 'referrer spam' these days, I
see about 20-30 referals a month from multi-level marketing sites & the
like in the logs for my personal site, but they have no links at all to
my site. mongrels.


-- 
 Lindsay Evans.
 Developer,
 Red Square Productions.

 [p] 8596.4000
 [f] 8596.4001
 [w] www.redsquare.com.au


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