#27041 [Bgs->Opn]: Cannot set referer in header function

ID: 27041 User updated by: it_chan at hotmail dot com Reported By: it_chan at hotmail dot com -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: HTTP related Operating System: windows xp/redhat 7.3 PHP Version: 4.3.4 New Comment: Check this out. Though I am not a perl guru, I found this link which says you can do it. "The most frequently used headers can also be accessed through the following convenience methods. These methods can both be used to read and to set the value of a header. The header value is set if you pass an argument to the method. The old header value is always returned. If the given header did not exists then undef is returned." The list includes: $h->referer Here is the URL: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/HTTP/Headers.html Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-25 19:52:38] iliaa@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Only the browser can send that header. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-25 19:42:59] it_chan at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ A web page (a.php) has a link to (b.php), when the link is clicked I want to http referer in b.php to show that referer is some other x.php as if the link was on x.php. Reproduce code: --------------- # a.php <?php header('Referer: http://localhost.com/x.php', true); ?> <a href="/b.php"> check </a> #b.php <?php echo "referrer = " . $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; ?> Expected result: ---------------- referrer = http://localhost/x.php Actual result: -------------- referrer = http://localhost/a.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27041&edit=1