Problem with REQUEST_URI

[Adam]

I hope I'm not doing something really stupid .... but I can't get this
to work properly.

I'm using $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to get the name of the *referring*
page for use in a custom 404 page.

All works hunky-dory (with an .htaccess script and so on) ... but the
value always seems to return the *current* page (ie. the actual error
page that the user lands on) - not the "from" (referring) page.

OK ... so I tried a simple page with a regular URL link to another
page. The value of $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] on that 2nd page was also
the name of that 2nd page - yet $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] gives the
required value.

What am I missing (apart from brain cells!)?

Is there a way of determining the referring page on non-Apache
servers?

Adam.

[lorento]

Re: Problem with REQUEST_URI

See your phpinfo() result ...

Look at the PHP Variables..you' ll find like :
_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEP T"]
_SERVER["HTTP_REFER ER"]
and other variables. Check your refering variables for your server.

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Adam wrote:[color=blue]
> I hope I'm not doing something really stupid .... but I can't get this
> to work properly.
>
> I'm using $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to get the name of the *referring*
> page for use in a custom 404 page.
>
> All works hunky-dory (with an .htaccess script and so on) ... but the
> value always seems to return the *current* page (ie. the actual error
> page that the user lands on) - not the "from" (referring) page.
>
> OK ... so I tried a simple page with a regular URL link to another
> page. The value of $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] on that 2nd page was also
> the name of that 2nd page - yet $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] gives the
> required value.
>
> What am I missing (apart from brain cells!)?
>
> Is there a way of determining the referring page on non-Apache
> servers?
>
> Adam.[/color]