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I've come across a CGI problem which Google has completely failed to assist with.

I'm successfully able to capture the referring page for page-to-page navigation without a problem. However, if a user attempts to login and the login fails, then $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} winds up being set to the login script instead of the referring page.

To illustrate:

# If a user goes from the homepage 'index.pl' to 'search.pl'
$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ /index.pl/;

# From 'search.pl', a user clicks on the link to login via 'login.pl'
$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ /search.pl/;

# If the user logs in SUCCESSFULLY they are redirected
# back to 'search.pl'
#
# However, if the user types an incorrect password,
# $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} matches
# $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ /login.pl/ instead of retaining the
# intended $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ /search.pl/

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So far I have not been able to find any way to force $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} to keep 'search.pl' on failed login. Please advise! Thank you!

In reply to $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} problems on failed login in CGI by ljamison

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