Re: HTTP_REFERER

Ok, i tried this and it didnt work... any other ideas? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Simons" <csimons@cdwebstudios.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] HTTP_REFERER > I'm not sure I can help that much, but for what it's worth, $HTTP_REFERER > is only set when there is an actual referer (from another page on the net). > If you manually type in the URL or access is from an external program like > a newsreader or email client, then it is considered a "direct hit", and no > $HTTP_REFERER is generated. For example, say you had a script called > info.php and contained only the commands <?php phpinfo() ?>. If you typed > that into the location bar on your browser, you won't find $HTTP_REFERER > anywhere, which is what I assume you are doing (typing in the wrong URL to > make 404 come up.) However, if you accessed info.php from another page, > $HTTP_REFERER will be there. I hope this helps to some small degree. > > - Craig Simons > > PS: Perhaps you could try something like: > > if (!isset($HTTP_REFERER)) > $HTTP_REFERER = "unknown"; > > Maybe it would work, but hey, I'm still a relative newbie so I can't say > for sure... > > > At 08:26 AM 9/5/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Im trying to get my error document 404 working properly, however i keep > >running into a slight problem. > >1. either http_referer is blank, or > >2. request_uri shows current page not the page they tried to access > >here is the code > >---[code]--- > ><? echo $SERVER_NAME . $REQUEST_URI; ?> " </b>does not > >exist.<br> > > > ></font></p> > ><p align="center"><a > >href="http://www.bomb.net"><font > >face="Verdana">Back to > >the Mainpage</font></a> > ><p align="center"><font face="Verdana">Your > >information:</font> > > </td> > ></tr> > ></center> > ><tr><td widht=150></td> > ><td> > > <p align="center">Date : <? echo date("d.m.Y") > > ?><br> > > Time : <? echo date("H:i") ?><br> > > Your IP: <? > > $ip = $HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR; > > echo $REMOTE_ADDR; > > echo $ip; > > ?> > > &nbsp;<br> > > Browser: <? echo $HTTP_USER_AGENT; ?> > > <br> > > Requested Page: <? echo $SERVER_NAME . $REQUEST_URI; ?> > ><BR>Test: <? global $HTTP_REFERER; ?> > ><BR>test2: <? echo $REQUEST_URI; ?> > > > > > >Any ideas as to why this isnt working? > >I also setup a phpinfo() so i coyuld see and it doesnt even list > >HTTP_REFERER under apache enviroment. > >thanks in advance. > > > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >