On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 11:49 AM, Matthew Walker wrote:
> I just ran across a very strange problem with IE. > > When I use javascript to open a new window (Using window.open()), the > page that is loaded in the new window does not get any HTTP_REFERER. > Does anyone know why this is, and if other browsers will have the same > problem? I use Mozilla, and it passes the referrer properly. Well, from what I understand you're not guaranteed to have access to the HTTP_REFERER (depends on the browser/user agent), so relying on it isn't a good idea (as your example demonstrates). I have gotten around this by using $_SERVER['QUERYSTRING'], and loading this into a hidden form field, or you can write a function that takes this value and transforms it into ASCII and then urlencode() the ASCII code to put it into a link, or you could pass it as an argument to your JavaScript function, or what have you. Erik ---- Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
