And to make the confusion complete, in javascript it is called 'document.referrer' (yep double 'r')
Geert Van Damme > -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lance Lavandowska > Sent: dinsdag 5 februari 2002 19:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HTTP_REFERER > > > Depending on what app-server you are using, you need to request > the headers differently. > I don't recall exactly who does what, but here are some variants > I've seen: > HTTP_REFERER > Http_Referer > http_referer > REFERER > referer > > As you can see, they vary in their use of case (upper, lower, > mixed) and whether they prefix HTTP_ to the front. There is a > helper class available from Jakarta (which I wrote), that I now > see misses the HTTP_ prepending (sue me ;-)): > http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons-sandbox/util/src/jav a/org/apache/commons/util/http/RequestUtils.java > > You could get around this last weakness with: > String referer = RequestUtils.getHeader("REFERER"); > if (referer == null) referer = RequestUtils.getHeader("HTTP_REFERER"); > > Finally, in my own local implementation, I added a method called > getIntHeader (could do the same for Date Headers). Its intent > should be obvious. > > Lance Lavandowska > www.Brainopolis.com > > > ========================= > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set > JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
