Re: PHP Newbie: getting domain or url

JJordan wrote:

> I am trying to get the domain name that a user just came from when hitting
> a specific php page I have created.
>
> Example: User clicks a link on a website somewhere in cyberspace that
> takes
> them to my_webpage.php Would like to find out what site they were on
> when they clicked the link.
>
> Top level information is enough, such as 'somewebsite.com' even if the
> user came from 'somewebsite.com/tutorials/php_help.html'
>
> Would I use the rawurldecode() function to parse the url and strip the
> junk
> off the end? If not, can you direct me to the function or code samples on
> php.net, phpbuilder.net or one of the other great php sites. Two days of
> searching on my own has gotten me nowhere.
>
> Thanks,
> JJordan

HTTP_REFERER .. is your keyword.
www.php.net is your source.

/Andreas

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