server[referer] problem

[hartzoua]

Hi, can anybody help me with this?
I have two pages, first.php and second.php. When first.php is been called it redirects to second.php (javascript: location.href="second.php" or replace, it does't matter at the time).
At second.php I want to identify the calling page (which here is first.php). I tried to use $_SERVER[REFERER] but it doesn't come up with anything. Could you please help me understand why and
propose something as a solution? Actually what i want to get is the parameters of the first.php without the use of get method (second.php?bla=bla..)
Thanks

[dreamcatcher]

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']

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[dmmh]

true

aside of that, referrer info is blocked by a lot of firewalls, so if I was you, I wouldnt rely on it too much....

[hartzoua]

Thanks for the answers.
Is there any other way to achieve what I want?

[IamStang]

Set it in a session?
//on page 1
$_SESSION["ref_page"] = "first.php";

//on page 2
$ref_page = $_SESSION["ref_page"];

Regards,
IamStang