Re: [PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-13 Thread Per Jessen
Yeti wrote: By definition: The referer, or HTTP referer, identifies, from the point of view of an internet webpage or resource, the address of the webpage (commonly the URL, the more generic URI or the i18n updated IRI) of the resource which links to it. More detail at:

Re: [PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-13 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 08:37 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: Yeti wrote: By definition: The referer, or HTTP referer, identifies, from the point of view of an internet webpage or resource, the address of the webpage (commonly the URL, the more generic URI or the i18n updated IRI) of the

Re: [PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-13 Thread Per Jessen
Ashley Sheridan wrote: You should look at developing the app so that it doesn't rely on referrer information, as this is unpredictable as you've seen. Yep, that's what I did too. Can't remember exactly what I did, but I suspect it involved setting info in the session, Not just with IE as

Re: [PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-13 Thread Eric Butera
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Per Jessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: You should look at developing the app so that it doesn't rely on referrer information, as this is unpredictable as you've seen. Yep, that's what I did too. Can't remember exactly what I did, but I

Re: [PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-12 Thread Yeti
By definition: The referer, or HTTP referer, identifies, from the point of view of an internet webpage or resource, the address of the webpage (commonly the URL, the more generic URI or the i18n updated IRI) of the resource which links to it. More detail at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referer

[PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-11 Thread Ben Stones
are there any alternatives to HTTP_REFERER as that only works for clicking but it won't work for referrals from redirects? Cheers

Re: [PHP] Alternative to HTTP_REFERER?

2008-10-11 Thread Per Jessen
Ben Stones wrote: are there any alternatives to HTTP_REFERER as that only works for clicking but it won't work for referrals from redirects? It does work in FF, but not in MSIE - as usual. I had a design that relied on HTTP_REFERER, but I had to change for exactly that reason. I'd be very