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

Hello Justin, I just saw that you have been faster than me :-) However.. you think it might be not sure that this workes for every browser? PUh... thats bad. Do u have examples for that? It workes with IE on PC. Cheers Andy "Andy" <news.letters@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20020827085500.37913.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >