Thank you for your advise. I guess it's impossible to get reliable value referrer from another site? How about the website statistic engine out there be able to get the referrals address' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Yudie" <yudie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: Re: HTTP_REFERER with javascript: document.location > On Tue, April 18, 2006 12:49 pm, Yudie wrote: > > Does anyone know how to resolve my problem > > I tried to get the referer url with $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] but > > returns > > blank when I use javascript: document.location='...' from the previous > > page. > > Don't do that. > :-) > > More specifically, no browser is required to provide HTTP_REFERER, so > that value is completely un-reliable. > > If, for some reason, your application NEEDS the preceding page, you'll > need to track it in the URL, or in their session, or through some > mechanism that YOU control. > > Rule #1: > Never, ever, ever, trust the browser. > Or the guy/gal/bot using it, for that matter. > > Hope that helps, even if it's *so* not what you wanted to hear. > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/317 - Release Date: 4/18/2006 > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
