[Xitami] Re: HTTP_REFERER

[Brian {Hamilton Kelly}]

In message <002001c3ad95$d9e98cc0$6ba43b44@sthlke01.fl.comcast.net>
   "samnbotskull" writes:
> Thanks Marc, I got as far in my testing but it still isn't a perfect
> solution.
> 
> I have a page http://localhost/index.cgi?page=map

No you don't; the "page" is immutable: it is the document whose URI is
<http://localhost/index.cgi>.  That is, and must, remain as the only
correct content for HTTP_REFERER.

> From that page, I click
> http://localhost/index.cgi?page=map&action=travel&map=1&cor=1,4
> 
> My resulting $ENV hash produces
> 
> QUERY_STRING => page=map&action=travel&map=1&cor=?286,265
> HTTP_REFERER => http://localhost/index.cgi

Which is what I would expect.

> When what I really want is http://localhost/index.cgi?page=map
> 
> Now I can easily parse the string in Perl, but that's not the issue.
> Eventually I want to run these scripts on a non-Xitami server and I want to
> do it "the right way". I've used Apache in the past and HTTP_REFERER would
> give me what I am here looking for. 

It did?  I'm surprised; I cannot find any examples in any RFCs that
include anything after the path part of the URI.

Sorry I can't help you towards your goal; merely pointing out that your
goal might well not be attainable.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We can no longer stand apart from Europe if we would.  Yet we are
    untrained to mix with our neighbours, or even talk to them".
                                              George Macaulay Trevelyan, 1919