Referrer link from each page to form

[jtech]

My client would like a link on each page back to a form and capture the referring page. Can Form Tools work with a referrer from a link and capture that in the database?

[Ben]

Sure, no problem! What you can do is add a hidden field to your form like this:

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="<?php echo $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]?>" />

That will store the URL of the page that it was redirected from. Then, add the new field to be stored in Form Tools.

One caveat: this will work on MOST servers but not all. Some servers don't populate that key in the $_SERVER variable. If the information isn't available there, we'll need to consider a more drastic approach...

- Ben

[jtech]

Sure, no problem! What you can do is add a hidden field to your form like this:

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="<?php echo $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]?>" />

That will store the URL of the page that it was redirected from. Then, add the new field to be stored in Form Tools.

One caveat: this will work on MOST servers but not all. Some servers don't populate that key in the $_SERVER variable. If the information isn't available there, we'll need to consider a more drastic approach...

- Ben

Thanks, Ben. Now to set it all up.