Why isn't getenv("HTTP_RE FERRER") working?

[Brian Huether]

Whenever I use this, it doesn't seem to return anything. Any idea what is
happening here? My webhost (ipowerweb) uses php 4.3.1.

-brian

[evanescent.lurker]

Hi there,

why don't you use $_SERVER[ 'HTTP_REFERRER'] ?

[Andy Hassall]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 19:56:04 -0500, "Brian Huether" <bh********@com castSPAM.net>
wrote:

Whenever I use this, it doesn't seem to return anything. Any idea what is
happening here? My webhost (ipowerweb) uses php 4.3.1.

Because the authors of the HTTP specification couldn't spell, and
unfortunately the typo is now so entrenched it'll never change.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/....html#sec14.36

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[Brian Huether]

There is a typo in my post, but not in the code.

If I run phpinfo.php, I don't see http_referer as a variable anywhere. Could
that be the problem?

If so, what options do I have. This used to work! Right now it is not
working remotely or locally. I am running apache 1.33 locally and php 4.3.1.
This matches what my host (ipowerweb) is using.

thanks,

brian

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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 19:56:04 -0500, "Brian Huether"
<bh********@com castSPAM.net>
wrote:

Whenever I use this, it doesn't seem to return anything. Any idea what is
happening here? My webhost (ipowerweb) uses php 4.3.1.

Because the authors of the HTTP specification couldn't spell, and
unfortunately the typo is now so entrenched it'll never change.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/....html#sec14.36

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[Michael Vilain]

> "Andy Hassall" <an**@andyh.co. uk> wrote in message

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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 19:56:04 -0500, "Brian Huether"
<bh********@com castSPAM.net>
wrote:

Whenever I use this, it doesn't seem to return anything. Any idea what is
happening here? My webhost (ipowerweb) uses php 4.3.1.
Because the authors of the HTTP specification couldn't spell, and
unfortunately the typo is now so entrenched it'll never change.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/....html#sec14.36

In article <pL************ ********@comcas t.com>,
"Brian Huether" <bh********@com castSPAM.net> wrote:
There is a typo in my post, but not in the code.

If I run phpinfo.php, I don't see http_referer as a variable anywhere. Could
that be the problem?

If so, what options do I have. This used to work! Right now it is not
working remotely or locally. I am running apache 1.33 locally and php 4.3.1.
This matches what my host (ipowerweb) is using.

Brian,

I have combined logging turned on in my httpd.conf file rather than the
default logging, which doesn't tracker referrals. Haven't tried seeing
if the server returns anything if I'm not logging referrals.

Also, a netiquette thing. don't top post (unless you just don't care and
_want_ to be ignored or flamed).

Primer on Usenet posting customs in news groups
http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nquote.html

Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html

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[Malcolm Dew-Jones]

Andy Hassall (an**@andyh.co. uk) wrote:

: Because the authors of the HTTP specification couldn't spell, and
: unfortunately the typo is now so entrenched it'll never change.

Maybe. I always suspect the misspelling is an "in" joke, since the data
is so untrustworthy it can't really be called the referrer at all.
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[John Dunlop]

Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:

[about the spelling of HTTP Referer]

I always suspect the misspelling is an "in" joke,

You might not be far wrong. Here's the earliest mention I can find of
Referer in the HTTP WG mailing list:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/...yAug/0729.html

Note in particular Phill's remarks. Looks like he had an ulterior
motive when he proposed 'Referer' rather than 'Referrer'. I wonder if
he foresaw the brouhaha.

HAGW!

[Brian Huether]

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Whenever I use this, it doesn't seem to return anything. Any idea what is
happening here? My webhost (ipowerweb) uses php 4.3.1.

-brian

Turns out that it was because of my Symantec Client Firewall's privacy
settings!

all is working now

[Chris Hope]

Brian Huether wrote:

"Brian Huether" <bh********@com castSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:HN******** ************@co mcast.com...

Whenever I use this, it doesn't seem to return anything. Any idea
what is happening here? My webhost (ipowerweb) uses php 4.3.1.

Turns out that it was because of my Symantec Client Firewall's privacy
settings!

Which just goes to show you how you can never rely on this variable.
There are many other software applications which also block referral
information and in some browsers it's even a user defined setting.

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