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PHP scripts with a $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] directive inside, no longer work in v16.

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fredfletcher
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I made a PHP script some time ago, before v16 came out and now that I have upgraded (good thing I did), notice that the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] directive no longer works. What my script does is, see if a user came in from a website (Facebook for example) and redirects them to the appropriate page. This is no longer the fact and I am not happy at all with this. How do I know FF 16 is at fault? Because, my script still works in IE7 and other web browsers. What have you done?????

I made a PHP script some time ago, before v16 came out and now that I have upgraded (good thing I did), notice that the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] directive no longer works. What my script does is, see if a user came in from a website (Facebook for example) and redirects them to the appropriate page. This is no longer the fact and I am not happy at all with this. How do I know FF 16 is at fault? Because, my script still works in IE7 and other web browsers. What have you done?????

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cor-el
cor-el
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A good place to ask advice about web development is at the MozillaZine "Web Development/Standards Evangelism" forum.

The helpers at that forum are more knowledgeable about web development issues.
You need to register at the MozillaZine forum site in order to post at that forum.

fredfletcher
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Why even have the "Referer" option installed on millions of servers with PHP including Facebook and have Firefox abandon the idea? That's what I don't understand. Will ask in the forum, thanks.

cor-el
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It is possible in Firefox to suppress the referrer by changing the sendRefererHeader pref.

Extensions also can do that.