$http_referer

crawfd

Trying to use $HTTP_REFERER and it seems no matter what form I use it in it still doesn't work. From what I understand with global registers off you cannot use it in this form. So I used a different format. Could someone tell me what may work for this? Thanks

echo "<form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"post\">";
$fullurl = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER'];
echo "$fullurl<br>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"link\" value=\"$fullurl\">";
echo "Friend E-mail: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\"><br>
Friend Name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\"><br>
Your Name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"sendername\"><br>
Your E-mail: <input type=\"text\" name=\"senderemail\"><br>
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Go!\"><input type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">
</form>";

thorpe

http_referer is unreliable as some broswers do not send this infomation.

crawfd

Then how can I fetch current web addresses?

TheDefender

This:

$fullurl = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER'];

Should read:

$fullurl = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; 
// Note the one R in REFERER

crawfd

Still doesn't work. It's not echoeing out the url .......:-/


echo "<form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"post\">";
$fullurl = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
echo "$fullurl<br>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"link\" value=\"$fullurl\">";
echo "Friend E-mail: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\"><br>
Friend Name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\"><br>
Your Name: <input type=\"text\" name=\"sendername\"><br>
Your E-mail: <input type=\"text\" name=\"senderemail\"><br>
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Go!\"><input type=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">
</form>";

bodzan

And just to be clear:

Originally posted by crawfd
Then how can I fetch current web addresses?

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] doesn't return CURRENT web address but the web address from which user came to current page... That is - if it returns anything...

crawfd

Okay, then how do I retreive the current web address on a page and echo it?

Ceril

'PHP_SELF'

The filename of the currently executing script, relative to the document root. For instance, $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] in a script at the address http://example.com/test.php/foo.bar would be /test.php/foo.bar. The __FILE__ constant contains the full path and filename of the current (i.e. included) file. [/QUOTE]

Link

That what you are looking for?