What is the best server var to catch this under IE. Works a dream under firefox / mozilla but fails when IE attempts to get it.

ibbo

ibbo,

Remember that the $_SERVER super-global array is present only on the server and is not affected by the browser. The value of $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER] is processed on the server by the PHP processing engine and cannot be affected by the browser client. Is there another problem this could be attributed to?

See http://us2.php.net/reserved.variables

I have heard that use of firewalls such as ZoneAlarm might be the problem. ZA can be configured to disable the referer value being passed from the client.

You say that only IE is affected. It is confusing to me also.

Quite simply the HTTP_REFER is empty when i browse to the site from IE. Mozilla and Firefox have it set but not IE.

I am doing a mail a friend section and require HTTP_REFER as the reference to the page that they wish their mate to see.

STRANGE

Ibbo

So

Mozilla/ Firewfox listing for print_r($_SERVER) lists [HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE] => 300 [HTTP_REFERER] => www.myhost.com

These are missing when run from IE. Thats just not funny.

Thankfully i can build the link from HTTP_HOST, PHP_SELF and QUERY_STRING though i am far from impressed with IE over this (makes my work so much harder).

The only shame is its the target browser so no matter how bloody good firefox etc are they will never be used as much as IE (not yet anyway).

Ibbo

Sorry to bump up and old topic, but I found this on a google search and it is exactly the problem I am having!

Does anyone know a good workaround to get the value that appears when you run with with Firefox in Internet Explorer?

Basically, I just want to know what page sent me to the page the code will sit on.

For example HTTP_REFERER was giving me the full URL and I need to compare this page to something, even just page1.php or something would do.

Turn off whatever is blocking the referrer field in IE.

Do you have any guesses where I would turn this off? I can't see anything in internet options.

It won't be in IE, it will be some third party "Internet Security" tool Nortons or AVG Advanced or something similar that is set "hide your tracks" while browsing.

Hmm, interesting, I will look into this tomorrow and see if it makes any odds. Cheers for the advice.

I have turned off and tested pretty much everything I can think of, still no joy.

Thanks anyway!