Hi Paul, As someone pointed out earlier this week, unless your app is set up so that the only entry point to it is a link from another URL, in most cases your user's entry point into your app would be typing the address directly, in which case there would not be an HTTP_REFERRER.
> Hi Chris , > > I genuinely believe that I have a misunderstanding of what the HTTP_REFERER > is all about. I was trying to grab the address just before the user entered > "my" application. > > In my INDEX.PHP, I used an extra script named LOGIN.PHP, where the > HTTP_REFERER was captured. Then in turn LOGIN.PHP called another script > named LOGON.PHP which picked up the HTTP_REFERER information. which in my > case is the url name of my INDEX.PHP, Which of course pointed the way into > the application in the first place. > > Within the application HTTP_REFERER works just fine. I can see its potential > and some importance possible uses within applications. > > I am guessing the way around my problem is to forget the use of HTTP_REFERER > and just put the user back to the login page and let the user press the back > button to let themselves out, or is there a more elegant way to do what I > want?? > > Cheers - Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "csnyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk@lists.nyphp.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:01 PM > Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Returning users from whiniest they came > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:39 PM, PaulCheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> I have tried running the HTTP_REFERER using the one liner below and > >> nothing > >> happens > >> > >> <?php > >> echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; > >> ?> > >> > >> I cannot see why it should not work on my hosted Linux website, as it > >> works > >> on this site > >> > >> http://unix.cms.gre.ac.uk/code/php/examples/http_referer.php > >> > >> Paul > > > > > > You are using a link on another page to get to your referer test, right? > > > > Try print_r( $_SERVER ) to see if the $_SERVER superglobal is being > > set in the first place. > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > ------------------- Kristina D. H. Anderson Senior Application Developer/Consultant "Building a Better Tomorrow, One Line of Code at a Time" 646-247-4987 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
