window.location=... doesn't send referrer?

[henryrhenryr]

Hello

I have a script which records a click and then sends the user to the location. The idea is to keep nice links in the HTML but still do some javascript when the link is clicked.

I find that when using IE6 the page that is loaded doesn't register the referrer. in PHP - $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] is null.

I'm using this simple code:

r = link.href;
window.location = r;
 

I want the referer to be sent - should I use an alternative method to load the page the user clicked on?

Thanks in advance!

Henry

[mrhoo]

document.referrer is the empty string if the request did not come from a link.
Otherwise, you could program a billion calls to an ad server page and retire.

[henryrhenryr]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. This certainly makes sense.

I have been testing a bit more and it seems internet explorer behaviour differs from Firefox.

The click originates from a link but I cancel the default action - ie the new page loading - to give time for my AJAX script to run. Then I send the user onwards. The differences is milliseconds.

With Firefox, the original refererrer is retained while with IE6 the referer is blank.

Does anyone know any way to mimic the Firefox behaviour in IE6?