And to make the confusion complete,
in javascript it is called 'document.referrer' (yep double 'r')


Geert Van Damme

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> Sent: dinsdag 5 februari 2002 19:23
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> 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
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