cgi.http_referer and back button

[DeZiner]

Does the browsers back button create the http_referer? DeZiner
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[pcorreia]

In my experience, the "back" button does not request the page again from the server; instead, it retrieves the page from the user's cache. So, the page wouldn't execute again on the CFServer, and the value of the HTTP_REFERER would be the same as it was when the page was first loaded.

There's really no consistency as far as the browser-specific behaviors like back button, etc.

 

[csteinhilber]

And very little consistency with the way HTTP_REFERER is implemented, period

I believe IE has stopped sending HTTP_REFERER altogether since v.6 (??).

That said... you might be able to set the page to not cache with:

<META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;expires&quot; CONTENT=&quot;0&quot;>

and/or

<META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Pragma&quot; CONTENT=&quot;no-cache&quot;>

and that might get it to reload the page when the back button is clicked. I wouldn't count on it 100% though.


Hope it helps,
-Carl