Topic: Grabbing urls

[ShaolinF]

Hi Guys,

Is there anyway of me grabbing the previous link the user has been on ? Say for example the user was on www.awebsite.com and then clicks my link through that site, is it possible for a script or something to grab the www.awebsite.com url ?

[ILYAS415]

Try using this code:

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<?
$url= $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; //GET THE REFERRING URL
echo "You have just came from $url!";
?>


[LiamProductions]

Hmmm not sure if this works but i've heard about it.

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<?php 
$url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REQUEST'];

echo $url;

might not work but you might understand how to get it by looking at the http request.

[ILYAS415]

Neither of them seem to work on my site. Their must be something wrong with my server :@ annoying server :[

[LiamProductions]

HTTP REQUEST gets the url your on i think. But the one the other guy posted should work.
and does your php server support php short tags if not use <?php and sorry my code was missing a ?>

My server doesnt support short tags and it works if i use the full tag try it

[ILYAS415]

hehe i am the other guy who posted the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; command. I tried it on my own server but it didnt work

[LiamProductions]

hehe i am the other guy who posted the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; command. I tried it on my own server but it didnt work

It works for me. Just does'nt update it inless i close the browser then re open it.
well achually it only works if im using the link on a page on my website.