Posted by Dave Carrera on 10/21/66 11:34

Jay Blanchard wrote:

>[snip]
>Is there a way of sending users with a local ip address say 127.0.0.1
>and 192.168.xxx.xxx to goto one page and all other visitors to goto another?
>[/snip]
>
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>Yes, there is.
>
>
>$_SERVER['REFERER'] will give you the referer mosy of the time. More info
>from TFM can be found here;
>
>http://us3.php.net/reserved.variables
>
>Header can then be used to redirect
>
>header("Location: http://www.example.com/"); /* Redirect browser */. More
>info from TFM can be found here;
>
>http://us3.php.net/header
>
>
>
snip from TFM

'HTTP_REFERER'

The address of the page (if any) which referred the user agent to
the current page. This is set by the user agent. Not all user agents
will set this, and some provide the ability to modify HTTP_REFERER
as a feature. In short, it cannot really be trusted.

notice the last 7 words !!!!

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