Re: Getting the domain of every request ...
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texte = >> I guess there's no 100% reliable way of getting the domain of the >>URL a visitor came in on ... is there? > >Your webserver _will_ be setting a MIME header to correspond to the >host name, which will contain the domain name requested. >Unfortunately, not all web servers use the same header name (M$loth >ignores the RFC's for a change ;~).Thanks John, in my tests they all set at least one mime header with the string HOST in it. Maybe I can show only the mime headers with a name that contains HOST (I assume that there's usually only one with HOST in it, but who knows?) then I can grep the value of those mime headers in order to extract only the domain name. Can you think of any problems with this approach? Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>> I guess there's no 100% reliable way of getting the domain of the >>URL a visitor came in on ... is there? > >Your webserver _will_ be setting a MIME header to correspond to the >host name, which will contain the domain name requested. >Unfortunately, not all web servers use the same header name (M$loth >ignores the RFC's for a change ;~).Thanks John, in my tests they all set at least one mime header with the string HOST in it. Maybe I can show only the mime headers with a name that contains HOST (I assume that there's usually only one with HOST in it, but who knows?) then I can grep the value of those mime headers in order to extract only the domain name. Can you think of any problems with this approach? Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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