Re: URL Referral Tracking with AIM

Havn't done it myself, but why not try pasting a link in IM and have it go to a php script that does a var_dump (or print_r) of $_SERVER. Think that's where the referrer data is. It may not show any referrer information since it's coming from an IM, but who knows.. would be interesting to try out. Thanks for bringing this up, now I have something to play with later. hah Second though is that even though you might not get any referrer data, there may be some other data in the server variables that could be telling. Unfortunately, since this is going to spawn an instance of IE or Firefox or something to actually load the page, you'll most likely get the info from the browser with zero info regarding the app (AIM, Yahoo, etc) that it spawned from. Some IM's, like AIM, allow you to put in variables though, like %s I think it is for 'screenname' in AIM so if you hand out a URL like http://www.domain.com/script.php?aim=%s as long as the %s part is pasted each time, it MAY substitute that person's screen name. If it's sent to me and I see: http://www.domain.com/script.php?aim=tgryffyn then copy/paste that (with the tgryffyn instead of %s) then obviously other people using it will get logged as me, and not them. Just some quick thoughts off the top of my head. Let us know if you come up with anything good and I'll write later if I get a chance to play with this. -TG = = = Original message = = = I know that referrer is an ENV variable carried by web browsers but I am wondering if any of you guru's have figured out a way to track any referrer al information from a link pasted into an instant messenger (AIM) window. Anyone have any ideas on this? Much Thanks, Mike D ................................................................... Mike Dunlop Director of Technology Development [ e ] miked@m80im.com [ p ] 323.644.7808 1-800-Help-Now | http://www.redcross.org ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com.