PHP Question. How to grab current URL and send in an email

[misfit949]

I'm sure this will be a piece of cake for you guys. I currently have a form that my company uses for several different promotions that users arrive at through a variety of sources. Each one of these sources have their own referrer i.e Adwords, email ad, etc.

What I would like to do is have a function that will capture the web address currently displayed on the nav bar i.e [mysite.com...]

and simply place that address in the email.

How would I do this?

[sned]

You could try this:

$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];

-sned

[justgowithit]

Hmm….

It sounds like you're looking to get a handle on your advertising ROI through individual emails of referrers.

If this is the case have you thought of tracking software (or custom app) that will give you far more in-depth info?

[misfit949]

Thanks Sned, that worked perfectly!

[whoisgregg]

Another way to do this is on the form page itself:

<input type="hidden" name="http_referer" value="<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];?>" />

Then you get the actual referrer string sent by the user. :)