Perl to input the referring frame

[hermes1]

Ok basically i need to know if this is possible. I call perl code through an <iframe> and i wanted to know if it was possible to take in somehow the src from the <iframe>.


so if the iframe is this:


<iframe width=40 height=40 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no src="

http://www.somepage.com/test.cgi"><iframe>

can the "

http://www.somepage.com/test.cgi"

value be obtained by the script somehow?

 

[KevinADC]

I don't understand your question and judging by the lack of responses maybe nobody else does either. Rephrase the question and maybe someone can help you.

 

[hermes1]

Yes, i agree but i think is more that what i am looking to do is unusual. I guess is there any way for a Perl script to see the src="" link of an <iframe> that refered it. The actual link will have more data in it i need the script to read.

 

[spyderco]

Actually the question was very well stated in my opinion and was pretty clear. I just think that since the majority of real programmers and designers don't use iframes this isn't something a lot of people are used to doing..

If you are using SSI or the exec code to launch an in-page script, all you need to do is check the $ENV{"referer"} and it should work. If for some reason it doens't (which it should), you can pass paramaters to the script itself through the script call (SSI or the exec code).

 

[KevinADC]

is there such an environment variable as $ENV{'REFERER'}?


Maybe in the script test.ggi, you can try using $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} to get the referring url but I am not sure what the results will be running the script in the manner you are. But give it a try and see what you get.