On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 13:47 +0200, Tijnema wrote: > On 8/12/07, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 22:11 -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: > > > You don't do it there. > > > > > > You do whatever it is you have to do in the URL before you re-direct. > > > > > > Though I guess if you want different output on that page, you would > > > need to set something somewhere, be it session, database, or a cookie. > > > > I think you're missing the point Richard. Yes you can detect the meta > > redirect or manual refresh using your method. But only the first can be > > detected because when the page is served up to the browser again either > > the special meta redirect URL is active, non special normal URL is > > active, or a super special I'm redirecting but don't count me URL is > > active. Now what happens when the user does a manual refresh again? It's > > not about output, it's about detecting subsequent refreshes and > > determining again the source of the refresh. You must have some kind of > > session tracking system in place, be it a regular session or a database > > query that can check if an ID was already detected that indicates to > > discount the page load from any statistics. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > I think you Rob missed a part of Richard's first reply: > "You would then need to re-direct back to the URL *without* the GET > parameter from_meta_tag=1 so that their refresh button would not be > going to that URL with from_meta_tag in it." *SMACK* Yes, that was me smacking you upside the head >:) Ok, let's imagine I take your far too simplistic approach and re-direct BACK to the URL WITHOUT the GET parameter... Oh Jebus, the script thinks a user generated refresh just occurred. Now quickly... crawl back to your rock. At the very least study closely all that has been said in this thread. :) Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ........................................................... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
