Hi

I'm a programming/scripting nitwit looking for some help. I would like to show the 'domain' part of referring URLs on a web page that I'm working on.

So if someone is referred by..

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/newthr...ostthread&f=79

.. then I'd like to just show www.webmaster-talk.com somewhere on that page.

Not sure if this is at all possible.. But any code suggestions will be much appreciated!

you could use str_replace() on the http:// and explode() on the /

Though im fairly sure there is a function to get just the domain from the referring url.

edit: Sorry, I assumed it was in php.

we'll just do the same in asp (VbScript) then

replace() & split()

function referer_host()
dim url
dim url_parts

url = replace(request.servervariables("HTTP_REFERER"),"http://","")
url_parts = split(url,"/")
referer_host = url_parts(0)
end function

Originally Posted by chrishirst

we'll just do the same in asp (VbScript) then

replace() & split()

function referer_host()
dim url
dim url_parts
 
url = replace(request.servervariables("HTTP_REFERER"),"http://","")
url_parts = split(url,"/")
referer_host = url_parts(0)
end function

Yep, this really does work! Nice and clean. Thanks so much, Chris!


And thanks to you too, stOx. I will certainly document your suggestion for future reference, in case I ever start using PHP.

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Alex

Can't you just use request.servervariables("URL") instead of request.servervariables("HTTP_REFERER") to get the base URL?

servervariables("URL") returns the relative URL of the current page not the referering URL

Duh...what was I thinking?!? Now I feel stupid. I better write some script to better myself worth. Sorry.

happens to us all occasionally

Don't feel bad, kline. About 5 years ago, I did the same thing. Took me over 4 hours to figure it out, too.

As long as you learn from it, and don't repeat the mistake, it's not a stupid mistake. It's part of the learning curve.

Thanks all. The problem is I'm not a newbie to ASP. I've been writing VB for about 6 years. This is why I feel stupid. Well, at any rate, I'm over it now. Thanks again.