Knowing which link was clicked

[mrhaydel]

I have a page on a website with two downloadable files: an install, and
an update. I need to know which link (install or update) the user
clicks on so that two pages later, after reading a license agreement,
they are brought to the right file. I think what I basically need is
when they click on either the install or update link, pass in a
parameter/variable that can be used a few pages later that will allow
that page to know which file to give them.

It kind of looks like this:
a page with:
install link update link
\ /
license agreement page
|
download page

So, I want the download page to know what link was clicked, which in
turn would allow it know which file to serve. Hope this isn't to
convoluted!

[David Dorward]

mr******@hotmail.com wrote:

I have a page on a website with two downloadable files: an install, and
an update. I need to know which link (install or update) the user
clicks on so that two pages later, after reading a license agreement,
they are brought to the right file. I think what I basically need is
when they click on either the install or update link, pass in a
parameter/variable that can be used a few pages later that will allow
that page to know which file to give them.

Link to /license/?for=downloadable or /license/?for=update

Then check the query string to generate the link at the bottom.

You /could/ do this with client side JavaScript, but since it is a pretty
essential part of the page, doing so isn't a good idea. This should be
handled server side, and the specifics depend on what your server supports.

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