Passing referrer information through a meta refresh? - GoFuckYourself.com

10-28-2003, 01:55 AM

Is that possible? Or will PHP do it?

I simply want the referrer info to be sent through a gateway to another page:

page1.html ----click----> blah.html ----meta----> page2.html

And I want the referring click from page1.html to be seen when the meta refreshes to page2.

Ideas?

ztik · 10-28-2003, 02:02 AM

johnbosh · 10-28-2003, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
Is that possible? Or will PHP do it?

I simply want the referrer info to be sent through a gateway to another page:

page1.html ----click----> blah.html ----meta----> page2.html

And I want the referring click from page1.html to be seen when the meta refreshes to page2.

Ideas?

Where do you need it for if I may ask

Theo · 10-28-2003, 02:12 AM

to cheat thehun

Stud Money · 10-28-2003, 02:22 AM

What kind of referrer information are you looking at passing through?

Is this for an affiliate type program or, for static pages that you have on your own server?

You could, if you are going to be hand coding the meta refreshes use a referal string such as http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/?page1 if that will work for your specific needs.

Otherwise you might want to hit a programmer up to see if they have any other solutions

10-28-2003, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnbosh
Where do you need it for if I may ask

I want a page to send my clickthrus to from gallery traffic ~ but I don't want the referrer information to get lost (for the stats).

and yeah, to cheat the hun. fuck you soul.

FATPad · 10-28-2003, 07:44 AM

You could always just track the referrers to your refresh page if it doesn't pass through.

10-28-2003, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FATPad
You could always just track the referrers to your refresh page if it doesn't pass through.

well, I wanna know where the sale came from... ya know.

anyone? p-leasssse!

MattO · 10-28-2003, 11:59 AM

if it was cold fusion I could do it...

if you can set a variable to your refer you should be able to pass it to the new url with a ?ref=refervariable on it I think

rowan · 10-28-2003, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox

I want a page to send my clickthrus to from gallery traffic ~ but I don't want the referrer information to get lost (for the stats).

If the intermediate page is just a meta refresh (with no other content) then why not just do a 302 redirect? 99% of the time that will preserve the original URL as the referer.

10-28-2003, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rowan

If the intermediate page is just a meta refresh (with no other content) then why not just do a 302 redirect? 99% of the time that will preserve the original URL as the referer.

302 is what exactly?

10-28-2003, 12:12 PM

well there is some minor html on the page with the meta refresh...

JayJay · 10-28-2003, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox

302 is what exactly?

Moved Temporarily
which normally reffers to a file which the server can not find but thinks it should find or a file not created by a script which is moved temporarily

rowan · 10-28-2003, 12:16 PM

302 is the HTML code for temporary redirect. This PHP code will immediately redirect to www.someurl.com:

<?php
  header("HTTP/1.0 302 bounce");
  header("Location: http://www.someurl.com/");
?>

10-28-2003, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rowan
302 is the HTML code for temporary redirect. This PHP code will immediately redirect to www.someurl.com:

<?php
  header("HTTP/1.0 302 bounce");
  header("Location: http://www.someurl.com/");
?>

THANKS!

Let me try this out.

10-28-2003, 12:24 PM

woohoo, it worked!

Thanks rowan.

10-28-2003, 12:26 PM

is there a way to time the 302 bounce?

JayJay · 10-28-2003, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rowan
302 is the HTML code for temporary redirect. This PHP code will immediately redirect to www.someurl.com:

<?php
  header("HTTP/1.0 302 bounce");
  header("Location: http://www.someurl.com/");
?>

hmm and this redirects with the referrer intact
interesting

NetRodent · 10-28-2003, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JayJay

hmm and this redirects with the referrer intact
interesting

Depends on the browser.

10-28-2003, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JayJay

hmm and this redirects with the referrer intact
interesting

sure does ;-)

However, I still could not find a way to incorporate that redirect into an html file and delay it. The code above automatically bounces to the given url...

JayJay · 10-28-2003, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NetRodent

Depends on the browser.

IE?

10-28-2003, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JayJay

IE?

it seems like both IE and mozilla work fine with it.

10-28-2003, 01:55 AM	#1
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10-28-2003, 02:02 AM	#2
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10-28-2003, 11:59 AM	#9
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10-28-2003, 02:12 AM	#4
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10-28-2003, 02:22 AM	#5
Stud Money So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Somewhere between my monitor and my chair Posts: 3,214	What kind of referrer information are you looking at passing through? Is this for an affiliate type program or, for static pages that you have on your own server? You could, if you are going to be hand coding the meta refreshes use a referal string such as http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/?page1 if that will work for your specific needs. Otherwise you might want to hit a programmer up to see if they have any other solutions

10-28-2003, 12:12 PM	#12
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	well there is some minor html on the page with the meta refresh...

10-28-2003, 12:16 PM	#14
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	302 is the HTML code for temporary redirect. This PHP code will immediately redirect to www.someurl.com: <?php   header("HTTP/1.0 302 bounce");   header("Location: http://www.someurl.com/"); ?>

10-28-2003, 12:24 PM	#16
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	woohoo, it worked! Thanks rowan.

10-28-2003, 12:26 PM	#17
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	is there a way to time the 302 bounce?