Track a php script from where it loaded?

Anon

I am tring to write a banner script that will let members see where there banner was
loaded at. Also I need this feature so I can track cheaters.

Would anybody have any ideas?

My friend recommended that I use HTTP_REFERER
! But this does not always work and I need to know on what page the banner was loaded from not the referer it was called.

Example if I placed a banner on..

http://www.mysite.com/index.html
I want to see where this was loaded.. which
will be

http://www.mysite.com/index.html

the problem I face to many people love to cheat. By placing banners on reload pages.

Can anyone help with just php? If not can a php call cgi script to do this? I seen some scripts that call cgi inside of php but I don't know how to do this..

Thanks in advance.
David Eaton

Anon

try $PHP_SELF

Anon

Hum... good idea but that did not work..

it just gave the path to my server.

<IFRAME SRC="http://www.1adclick.com/banners/show/?user=admin&branding=default&page=11" WIDTH="470" HEIGHT="77" SCROLLING=no MARGINHEIGHT=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 FRAMEBORDER=0>
<ILAYER SRC="http://www.1adclick.com/banners/show/?user=admin&branding=default&page=11" WIDTH="470" HEIGHT="77">
</ILAYER></IFRAME>

and not the page it loaded.. the php script it self if not on their server but a special code that will display a banner..

Anon

Here is a example of what is loaded into sql database.. it will be in a alert box..

Open this in a new window

http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/archives/2/2001/4/4/133732

I have noticed that some browsers does not store the $HTTP_REFERER I need some way to tell what page is requesting the banner. to catch cheaters...

Anon

hum.. mabe we can use javascript to help track referrals

I know how to get referrals in java script..

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
if (document.referrer) {
document.write("<B>Thanks for visiting us from ");
document.write(document.referrer+"</B>");
}
// End -->
</SCRIPT>

I am not sure how to write this so mysql can store it..

Can anyone help?

kparker

Actually, if the REFERER is a header sent by the browser, and if a certain browser/configuration doesn't send that header, there is nothing that you can do about it.

As far as your JS question, perhaps you could load a completely new URL (giving the ad and the referrer as parameters) into a popup window. Even here, though, it still seems you're at the mercy of the browser itself (ie. if (document.referer))