REFERER is set or not by the browser choice, and some browsers let you turn it off. It's completely unreliable. Why not just have the download script accept search inputs, and provide two links: Records where name contains 'foo': http://example.com/download.php?name=foo Whole DB: http://example.com/download.php On Mon, January 21, 2008 1:57 pm, Jason Pruim wrote: > Today, I found a bug in my software which I was originally happy to > find since that means there's one less that I have to worry about... 3 > hours later while trying to figure out how to fix it I wish I never > found it! > > Here's the deal, I have a file that exports the records in the > database to excel, which works perfectly, except for 1 small thing... > If you search the database first, it exports just those records. > > Basically what I need to do is allow people the choice of either > exporting just certain search criteria, or the entire database without > having to logout/login each time. > > I have tried using HTTP_REFERER to grab weither the user is coming > from search.php (My search script) or directly from the index.php site > which would mean they want the entire database. Nothing I have done > has been successful, I either get just the search criteria exported, > or I get the entire database depending on which version I try it from. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > -- > > Jason Pruim > Raoset Inc. > Technology Manager > MQC Specialist > 3251 132nd ave > Holland, MI, 49424 > www.raoset.com > japruim@xxxxxxxxxx > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
