Re: HTTP_REFERER is missing in SSL

From: Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:05:36 +0000
Subject: Re: HTTP_REFERER is missing in SSL
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Bug in IE? PHP doesn't even enter the picture here. The HTTP_REFERER variable is defined by the web server if that information is provided by the browser.
No, it's not really a PHP thing, it's more HTML stuff. I suspect that the error comes because one of the server is not running SSL, so IE doesn't pass HTTP_REFERER to it. I wonder if someone has any authoritative knowledge on this problem.
Keep in mind that there is absolutely no guarantee that the browser will ever provide this information. Building anything that relies on this is a mistake.
Yeah, I know, but this is an outsourced script that I have no controll off.
-Rasmus
Ezra Nugroho Web/Database Application Specialist Goshen College ITS Phone: (219) 535-7706 "Don't be humble, you're not that great." -- Golda Meir

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