Hello

------perl code--------
$ref="$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}";
print qq(
document.write('hello:$ref');
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called with:

<script language="JavaScript" src="any.cgi"></script>

It works with IE but Netscape prints only
-------
hello:
-------
It does not send the referer!
:(
Ideas?

I can't tell you for sure why it doesn’t work but I think it has to do with the way (and when) Netscape interprets the JS. You can work around it like this though:

[perl code]
#!/usr/bin/perl

$ref="$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}";
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Hello: $ref";


Then call your cgi via SSI:

<!--#exec cqi="/cgi-bin/test.cqi" -->

(change the q's to g's)

~CP

I'm calling the file remotely. Can't use SSI :(

How about using the JS referrer?

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write("Hello: " + document.referrer);
//-->
</script>

You are missing the proper operators around the javascript codes:

The codes should be:



And also, make sure you are using:



If you are missing the closing SCRIPT tag in the SCRIPT anchor, then it most likely will error out.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

It seems that Netscape is not getting the referer... so there are no methods to make it print the HTTP_REFERER (it is NULL).

I believed that 'document.referer' in js could work... but even this has NOT produced a result. Netscape is getting the referer only if the page is reached through a 'link'.

Other suggestions are welcome ;)

Thank you.

That is how the referer environmental variable works...you cannot simply type in the location of the page in the Address/Location bar in your web browser and get a "referer". You have to come from a "link" in order for the value to show.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

You get it with IE or the latest version of Opera.... when you call a remote script through iframe or javascript ;)