Thread: php - save the referring site's url

I’d like to save the referring page to my site – only external sources and then pass it in a session to another page where I log this url.
My site uses the index.php file to connect to all pages of the site (like a global include). So my problem is that I do record the referring url, but it is erased if a user passes from page to page – my script writes the previous page, instead of just saving the entrance url and that’s it.

Anyone can help here?

You could try passing the url through on each page, or alternatively storing the urls in a MYSQL Database.

You can pass a visitors referer information around the site using $_session

PHP Code:

<?php
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION[’referrer’])){
//get the referrer
if ($_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’]){
$referrer = $_SERVER[’HTTP_REFERER’];
}else if (($referrer = "unknown" ){
/// no referer 
}
else if (($referrer = "mysite" ){
///
}
else {
//save it in a session
$_SESSION[’referrer’] = $referrer; // store session data
}
?>