RE: Answer: How can I pass the URL of the page I am on?

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in thread How can I pass the URL of the page I am on?

And not reliable!

Referer may be missing (stripped by security software and/or firewalls)
Referer may be wrong (some browsers blow it on the spec)
Referer is trivially faked

The big clue is, how can you rely on a variable with an incorrectly spelled name!

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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