--- Terence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To avoid malicious users creating their own forms and posting to my
> site, is it advisable to use the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER'] to ensure
> that posted forms only come from the intended source? Anyone out there
> using this?

Hopefully not. :-)

Referer is just as easy to spoof as the form data you're expecting.

What you're wanting to do is prevent spoofed form submissions, and New
York PHP has a nice resource that I encourage you to read:

http://phundamentals.nyphp.org/PH_spoofed_submission.php

Hope that helps.

Chris

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