Unfortunately, this is an existing .Com-pany (yes, there's still one out
there believe it or not) so the choice of using frames is really not mine to
make. I just have to work with what I have. I think the SHTML idea has the
most potential here.
...and yes $param = param('referer'); is trivial ;)
Thanks for the input,
Matthew
----- Original Message -----
From: "darren chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] somewhat perl related (cookies)
> Matthew Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said something to this effect on
06/25/2001:
> > I have a client that is using frames and in the top frame I need to push
a
> > customer header and then a section banner based on certain information
(Type
> > of browser, HTTP_REFERER (sic), pathinfo etc).
> >
> > The problem I'm having is that when I call the script banner.pl and set
the
> > cookie, I'm not getting the right HTTP_REFERER (sic) information because
> > it's being called from an html page on the server itself. And the
> > HTTP_REFERER (sic) I REALLY need, is the one that tells if the person is
> > coming from specific partner sites.
> >
> > Anyone have a neat solution to this problem?
>
> Don't use frames. The situation you are seeing is the "correct"
> one. The referer for individual frames *is* the enclosing
> frameset.
>
> If you must use frames, then a possible solution is to make your
> frameset call banner.pl like so:
>
> <frameset>
> <frame src="banner.pl?referer=<!--#echo var="HTTP_REFERER" -->">
> <!-- etc etc etc -->
> </frameset>
>
> And set your frameset document to be server-parsed. The variable
> interpolation will happen when the frameset document is being
> sent, not when the individual frames are being called, which is
> what you want. You may have to rewrite banner.pl to look for the
> referer param rather than $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}, but that should
> be pretty trivial.
>
> (This solution assumes Apache, but similar solutions should
> probably be possible with other httpds.)
>
> (darren)
>
> --
> I am at two with nature.
> -- Woody Allen
>
>
