A very strange REDIRECT Question

AliceH

ok i'm trying to create a script that gets the url of a website that was redirected from a query.

for example jump.php?id=4 will redirect to some random page. I want to get the url of that random page via a script. The tricky part is I'm not allowed to modify jump.php nor gather information from the database.

What do you guys think? Possible? 😕

laserlight

You could try $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER], but it may or may not provide the correct information.

AliceH

I'm sorry but where in my script would I add $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER]?

there are three pages:

my script - jump.php?id=5 - webpage that jump.php?id5 redirects to via header()

I need to know the webpage that jump.php redirects to without editing jump.php or using the database where the webpage information is stored.

I have a feeling this is impossible 🙁

AliceH

Here's a better example:

I enter this in an input field in my script:
www.somesite.com/jump.php?id=5

And in return I get the url that jump.php?id=5 reidrects to.

laserlight

It is possible, as far as I know, but the solution may not be trivial.

Why do you need to do this?
There may be other ways of getting what you want.

AliceH

Well basically I started messing around with sockets to do web fetching. I'm hoping to create something similar to a search engine, but I'm trying to add a bunch of cool features. I know I don't have a chance in the seach engine market, this is just for personal knowledge (so don't make fun of me! google owns me! 😃)

So you think it's possible?

laserlight

Yes, I said it may not be trivial because I was thinking along the lines of socket programming.

AliceH

Yup thats what i'm using now.
I've already created the code to go to the page jump.php?id=32 and then print the url, i was thinking that my code would redirect with jump.php and get the url of the redirect but it doesn't 🙁