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 Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:28 am Post subject: Referer for websites (Program Refer) |
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Is there a way to let a website know "Your program Refered the user there" as in a link in the program sent them there?
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:35 am Post subject: |
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You can set the user-agent to something and then check the user-agent
on the server side. 
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kOt
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:49 am Post subject: |
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1st.. Thank you for a VERY VERY fast reply
2nd..
Yes it opens a browser window. so
| Code: | | http://www.myserver.com/mywebsite/index.php?referer=MyProgram |
Should work right?
Edit..
What if it isn't php? Would it still work?
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Yes, that will work. The ?referrer=MyProgram will only appear in the site's
log file, unless the owner of the site uses PHP code to log the action.
For example:
| Code: | <?php
// Call an include file to connect to the database
require("main.php");
// Obtain referrer
$referrer = $HTTP_GET_VARS['referrer'];
// Record referrer in database
$result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO `referrers` (`id`, `referrer`) VALUES ('', '$referrer');");
// Output the rest of the page
include("other_page.php"); |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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If you don't want to use PHP, you could also parse the stuff out by using Javascript to get the website location:
| Code: | <script>
window.alert(location.href);
</script> |
I don't know the exact Javascript functions you'll need, but they must be like "substring" and "strpos"...
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