> In light that everyone pointed out how insecure the HTTP_REFERER value is 
> since it can be spoofed
> by the right browser and user...
>
> Why not write a small PHP function and include it in the top of every 
> critical page. When the page
> is loaded your routine will check required credentials. If the user need 
> to login to see the page
> then display another include. Do not refer them to another page or URL. 
> Then you do not have to
> worry about where they came from to be able to send them back. Then once 
> they have posted the sign
> on form it posted back to itself see PHP_SELF.
>
> This is all along the line of have a form page that when submitted sends 
> the information to itself
> and not another form processing page. You can check the PHP variable to 
> see if the form was
> submitted or if the user just landed on the given page.

Again I point to my application structure example. It's really useful.
http://bierans.de/shared



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