I want to be able to set the HTTP_REFERER Enviroment variable. I've tried using the following

$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}  "http://www.rt4all.com";

and if I use

print $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'};

from the same piece of code it works ok. When I use the print from the cgi program I am calling the http_referer field is blank, I'm calling it by opening a new window using javascript and html

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print <<"HTML code";
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>

function openwind()
{
win1=window.open('http://www.ringtones4all.com/cgi/topsite.cgi?value=$
+member', '',config='height=800,width=600') 
}
</script>

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Edit kudra, 2002-05-09 Fixed unclosed CODE tag, new title

In reply to want to set http_referer environment variable by kinghobo

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