once upon a time in a browser

refferer puzzle

[pelachrum]

why does this work in Firefox but not in IE?

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--

if (document.referrer == "http://mysite.com/group.html")
document.write('You came from group');

//-->
</script>

[Bernard Marx]

Some things don't work quite right in browsers when working within file system (ie file: protocol). It took me a while to find this out for the onerror event for images in Moz.

If you have a local webserver, try getting the document.referrer property, and it will magically appear.

[pelachrum]

...and by that you mean?

[Bernard Marx]

Put the script inside a page being served from a webserver and it will work in IE too.

[pelachrum]

thanks

I've decided to go with php, at least one thing that actually works in this world lol

[whoisgregg]

Don't forget that the referrer string can not be trusted. A user can alter what, if any, data they send as the referrer.