Get original URL referer with PHP

Question

I am using   SERVER  HTTP REFERER    to get the referer Url  It works as expected until the user clicks another page and the referer changes to the last page   How do I store the original referring Url

User · Accepted Answer

Store it either in a cookie  if it s acceptable for your situation   or in a session variable   session start     if    isset    SESSION  origURL             SESSION  origURL       SERVER  HTTP REFERER

User · Answer

try this   isset    SERVER  HTTP CLIENT IP             SERVER  HTTP CLIENT IP           isset    SERVER  HTTP X FORWARDED FOR                 SERVER  HTTP X FORWARDED FOR                SERVER  REMOTE ADDR

User · Answer

Store it in a cookie that only lasts for the current browsing session

User · Answer

Using Cookie as a repository of reference page is much better in most cases  as cookies will keep referrer until the browser is closed  and will keep it even if browser tab is closed   so in case if user left the page open  let s say before weekends  and returned to it after a couple of days  your session will probably be expired  but cookies are still will be there   Put that code at the begin of a page  before any html output  as cookies will be properly set only before any echo print    if  isset   COOKIE  origin ref           setcookie  origin ref     SERVER  HTTP REFERER         Then you can access it later    var     COOKIE  origin ref      And to addition to what  pcp suggested about escaping   SERVER  HTTP REFERER    when using cookie  you may also want to escape   COOKIE  origin ref   on each request

User · Answer

As Johnathan Suggested  you would either want to save it in a cookie or a session   The easier way would be to use a Session variable   session start    if  isset   SESSION  org referer             SESSION  org referer       SERVER  HTTP REFERER        Put that at the top of the page  and you will always be able to access the first referer that the site visitor was directed by

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