Http_referr

Does anyone know how to get the referral url if i am using an iframe ?

It seems that I keep getting the url of where my page that calls the iframe. No matter what url I put the page on.

thats because the page which contains the iframe IS the referrer.

the browser first loads the main page, finds an iframe, then it requests that url from your server as well.

you could either
a- just collect the referrer on the main page
b- collect the referrer on the main page, then pass the value to your iframe page


<iframe src="iframe.php?referer=<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER']; ?>">

Or collect the referrer when the user hits the main page and store it in a cookie for later.

Note that the HTTP referrer header sent in the standard is spelt incorrectly. This is what it would be:

$my_referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

i.e.it only has 3 R's not 4

Mark