Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-10 Thread Don Read
On 08-Apr-2004 John Nichel wrote: > Joe Szilagyi wrote: >> Just a follow up on this one--I've seen where consistently that >> $HTTP_REFERER will only show local referers, but not stuff from >> other >> sites/hostnames. This is on mod_php... any workaround for that? >> >> Regards, >> Joe > > The

Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread John W. Holmes
Richard Davey wrote: Hello Robert, Thursday, April 8, 2004, 7:13:27 PM, you wrote: RC> Aaah ok. That makes more sense to me :) Sorry was confused by the use of RC> the word redirect. Thought you were redirecting the user to an alternate RC> script with the reposted data. I'm not sure I understan

Re: Re[6]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 14:19, Richard Davey wrote: > Hello Robert, > > Thursday, April 8, 2004, 7:13:27 PM, you wrote: > > RC> Aaah ok. That makes more sense to me :) Sorry was confused by the use of > RC> the word redirect. Thought you were redirecting the user to an alternate > RC> script with t

Re[6]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Robert, Thursday, April 8, 2004, 7:13:27 PM, you wrote: RC> Aaah ok. That makes more sense to me :) Sorry was confused by the use of RC> the word redirect. Thought you were redirecting the user to an alternate RC> script with the reposted data. I'm not sure I understand how this is RC> more

Re: Re[4]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 14:07, Richard Davey wrote: > Hello Robert, > > Thursday, April 8, 2004, 7:04:24 PM, you wrote: > > RC> I don't think this works in general. For instance some ISPs can have the > RC> user's IP change between page requests (incuding redirects). AOL is an > RC> example of such

Re[4]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Robert, Thursday, April 8, 2004, 7:04:24 PM, you wrote: RC> I don't think this works in general. For instance some ISPs can have the RC> user's IP change between page requests (incuding redirects). AOL is an RC> example of such and ISP. That doesn't make any difference in this instance. s

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 13:54, Richard Davey wrote: > Hello Pablo, > > Thursday, April 8, 2004, 6:32:06 PM, you wrote: > > PG> At any rate, if you're relying on HTTP_REFERER to make sure a script is > PG> being called from a certain location, I don't think it's very reliable. > > PG> Does anyone h

Re[2]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Pablo, Thursday, April 8, 2004, 6:32:06 PM, you wrote: PG> At any rate, if you're relying on HTTP_REFERER to make sure a script is PG> being called from a certain location, I don't think it's very reliable. PG> Does anyone have any ideas as to a workaround for this? There are probably bet

RE: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Pablo Gosse
The referrer is sent by the referring machine. If that machine isn't setting it, you can't get it. If memory serves, I think I remember someone claiming that this could also be blocked at a firewall...don't know if that's true or not though. Yup, certain firewalls either mangle the HTTP_REF

Re[2]: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Robert, Thursday, April 8, 2004, 5:55:05 PM, you wrote: RC> Opera let's you choose whether to send the referrer or not. it also lets RC> you specify the browser to send so that you can trick some sites that RC> are poorly implemented (or restrictively) to think you are using IE. and Norton

Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 12:36, Duncan Hill wrote: > On Thursday 08 April 2004 17:31, Joe Szilagyi wrote: > > Just a follow up on this one--I've seen where consistently that > > $HTTP_REFERER will only show local referers, but not stuff from other > > sites/hostnames. This is on mod_php... any workaro

Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread John Nichel
Joe Szilagyi wrote: Just a follow up on this one--I've seen where consistently that $HTTP_REFERER will only show local referers, but not stuff from other sites/hostnames. This is on mod_php... any workaround for that? Regards, Joe The referrer is sent by the referring machine. If that machine isn'

Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Joe Szilagyi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Just a follow up on this one--I've seen where consistently that > $HTTP_REFERER will only show local referers, but not stuff from other > sites/hostnames. This is on mod_php... any workaround for that? Its up to the web browser to decide if it is go

Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Duncan Hill
On Thursday 08 April 2004 17:31, Joe Szilagyi wrote: > Just a follow up on this one--I've seen where consistently that > $HTTP_REFERER will only show local referers, but not stuff from other > sites/hostnames. This is on mod_php... any workaround for that? Referrer is a function of the browser. I

Re: [PHP] (new question on this) http referer

2004-04-08 Thread Joe Szilagyi
Just a follow up on this one--I've seen where consistently that $HTTP_REFERER will only show local referers, but not stuff from other sites/hostnames. This is on mod_php... any workaround for that? Regards, Joe - Original Message - From: "John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php"