Re: Tricky question - referrer from ousite, or from intern?

All righty! I found the solution: It might be for help to some other folkes. Here is the code which solves the problem: #make sure he is not referred by our one website if (!ereg($HTTP_HOST, $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER])){ #set referer cookie setcookie('referrer', $user_id, 0); } #redirect Cheers, Andy "Andy" <news.letters@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20020827055649.25987.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi there, > > I have a tricky problem which I honestly think is not possible to solve. > However maybe I am wrong. > > As you all know it is possible on php.net to pass a function name just > behind the adress (e.G. php.net/function-name) this will redirct to the > propper page. I did the same thing with member sites (e.G > server.com/member-name) Now I am starting a referrer programm. Every member > who follows a link like from anywhere on the net and registeres will be > tracked and the referrer gets a point. Now I did forget that I do have > several of this links on my site itself :-) Which means that they have been > aquired on my site by accident :-) > > My question is how can I make sure that they do come from outside and are > not surfing my site already. I do set a coockie as soon as someone enteres > this adress, but it would be fantastic if I could do a if statement on > something to make sure he does not come from my own site. I would like to > keep all the links like that, just to find a way to track the origin of the > user. > > Thank you so much for any idea on this tricky task, > > Andy > > > > > >