> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shao-Ju Chao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: HTTP_REFERER
> 
> 
> I was trying to get referer information from 
> $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} but always got empty
> string. Is this env variable supported by apache server (on 
> linux)? Thanks.

Apache sets HTTP_REFERER from the Referer request header. But
you cannot force the client to sent a Referer header, so you
need to be careful about building assumptions around it.

See also section 15.1.2 and 15.1.3 of RFC 2616

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