That is your easiest option probably. Less processing. > -----Original Message----- > From: Damian Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 November 2003 11:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Get the Current Sites address... : brain fuzz > > > Yeah... I've been using HTTP_REFERER and then a listDeleteAt to get rid of > unwanted pieces of string but only when i know the referer is the site I > need the URL for... > > ...and if JS is turned off at client side... the other option is to have a > static application-type var with the domain's URL in it but that > don't seem > too elegant, surely there's another way? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:57 AM > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Get the Current Sites address... : brain fuzz > > > > > Won't necessarily work if there's proxies and stuff... I'd like to > > > know the answer to this also... > > Very very true. Don't just use cgi.server_name! > > > > > I am having a brain fuzzola.. > > > > > > > > Whats the CF to get the current sites URL? i.e. I need > > to get the > > > > www.foo.com from http://www.foo.com/index.cfm?foo=1&fubar=2 > > AFAIK this isn't actually very easy to achieve. One way around this is to > use the HTTP_REFERER (spelling is awful in the US) so long as you > KNOW that > the link to the page came from the same site. However, I suspect > that this > is not the case as you almost certainly wouldn't need this otherwise. > > If it's possible to use client side info, then get the info with > Javascript. > The reason being that if you need the user to click on something, or send > them to another page, then it's a client-side interaction. If > (and this is > possible) you want to send the user an email with a clickable link in it, > then you can send them any link you want that will refer them to > where they > expect to go (as opposed to the site you think it should go to). Long way > round and may not be too useful! > > Paul > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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