HTTP Referrer questions

[Chumley the Walrus]

A week or so ago, I needed to find the HTTP_REFERER environment
variable to check and see if a user is coming from a certain website:


If Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")_
= "http://localhost/mydir/page1.aspx" then
response.write "Click on a menu choice"
else
response.write "check back later
end if

I have a page nested in an IFRAME (for example framepage1.aspx or
..asp), and I need to check to see if a user is coming to (not coming
from ) a certain page where the framepage1.aspx is (the
framepage1.aspx could appear in not only page1.aspx, but page2.aspx ,
or page3). I'm not sure how to accomplish this given that the
HTTP_REFERER checks on address only incoming.

Thanks
Chum

 

[Joerg Jooss]

A week or so ago, I needed to find the HTTP_REFERER environment
variable to check and see if a user is coming from a certain website:


If Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")_
= "http://localhost/mydir/page1.aspx" then
response.write "Click on a menu choice"
else
response.write "check back later
end if

I have a page nested in an IFRAME (for example framepage1.aspx or
.asp), and I need to check to see if a user is coming to (not coming
from ) a certain page where the framepage1.aspx is (the
framepage1.aspx could appear in not only page1.aspx, but page2.aspx ,
or page3). I'm not sure how to accomplish this given that the
HTTP_REFERER checks on address only incoming.

Simply forget about referer if you're talking about an Internet based
application. Any old proxy could change that header.


Cheers,