[Phpwm] Simple? question

Stephen Orr steve at stephenorr.co.uk
Tue Oct 27 15:33:20 UTC 2009


And also, some antivirus software (Norton and McAfee used to do this)
strip the referrer header as a way to protect their users. Nice theory
I suppose.

Steve

2009/10/27 Tom Graham <me at noginn.com>:
> Also remember that the HTTP_REFERER index may not always be set as not all
> requests will contain the Referrer header.
>
> Tom
>
> 2009/10/27 Simon Ferre <simon.ferre at onetwodo.co.uk>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I believe what you are looking for is not a function, but a PHP variable:
>>
>> _SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]
>>
>> Gives you the page that referred you to the current page.
>>
>> Do a phpinfo(); to find out more...
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: phpwm-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> [mailto:phpwm-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Crouch
>> Sent: 27 October 2009 10:39
>> To: West Midlands PHP User Group
>> Subject: [Phpwm] Simple? question
>>
>> Hello to you all,
>>
>> I have spent some time looking through the online PHP reference manual
>> searching for a function which will return the URL or URI of the web
>> page from which it is invoked, without success.
>>
>> I want to write a PHP script which will construct bookmarks for the
>> likes of Facebook and Twitter for any web page from which it is called.
>> I suspect I am trying to reinvent the wheel!
>>
>> I am sure that some of you experts will be able to point me in the right
>> direction very quickly!
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>>
>> Peter Crouch
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