if ($ENV{"HTTP_referer"} eq "http://www.mysite.com/blah.html") { &main; exit; ) else ( print "You don't belong here"; ) i am using a spanning menu,which was written in javascript, that friend of my used on his site. when i use the menu to open on of my script the $ENV{"HTTP_REFERER"} does not get created and the if statement returns false.