Re: Re: http_referer. what's wrong with that?

On 12 Jan 2012, at 14:10, Jonesy wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:25 +1100, Ross McKay wrote: >> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:27:58 -0800, Haluk Karamete wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_REFERER in >>> D:\Hosting\5291100\html\blueprint\bp_library.php on line 16 >>> die; >>> [...] >>> But I'm still curious, what configuration am I missing so that >>> http_referer is treated like that? >> >> You only get an HTTP_REFERER when you link to a page from another page. >> If you go directly to the page, e.g. by typing / pasting the URL into >> the location bar, ... > >> ... or linking from an email, then there is no HTTP_REFERER. > > Not so. It depends. A number of email programs of the > HTML-email-abomination ilk send referrers. I just completed > some log scans to verify an 'issue' with AOL sessions, and their > email contraption _does_ send a referrer. I've seen others, as well. > > "74.93.226.126" - - [14/Oct/2011:21:08:50 +0000] "GET /UBSC/ HTTP/1.1" > 200 4502 > "http://mail.aol.com/34188-111/aol-6/en-us/Suite.aspx" > "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; ........ One point of clarity... the browser sends the referrer header, not the page that contains the link, whether it's a simple website or an application. Websites have absolutely no control over it. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/