Help! Referer lost

how do i keep referer after a re-direct

[davejs]

Hi

Can someone help me with some PHP ... im doing a

header('location:'.$newurl);

to make a php page do a re-direct to a new url, but when the new page is displayed it dosnt have any REFERER

Any ideas on how to make sure Referer is always set?

Many thanks
Dave

[jatar_k]

sorry this seems to have been overlooked davejs

Can you get the referer data on the page before? Referers aren't overly reliable and aren't always present.

[jdMorgan]

Copy the referrer (if present) to the query string? (jatar_k or someone else will have to help you with the implementation, though)

Jim

[jeremy goodrich]

You could do something simple like redirect them to the new page, with the initial referrer as a non parsed variable (so it'll show up in yer logs).

Eg, header('location:'.$newurl?initialpage=$ENV{HTTP_REFERER});

Though I don't know PHP, you can do this in Perl easily enough, so my guess is that it's as easy (or easier) to do in PHP.

[jatar_k]

<?
$urlparam=$_SERVER['HTTP_REFRER'];
$url="http://www.yoursite.com/newpage.php?ref=".urlencode($urlparam);
Header("Location: $url");
?>

redone from daisho's post here
Passing an argument with & in the URL [webmasterworld.com]

[daisho]

Or stick it in a session var...

[jatar_k]

as long as you aren't changing domains

[daisho]

very true.

[davejs]

Many thanks

I will try this out today....