Members posting errors ?

Client Joined: Dec 04, 2004 Posts: 757

Hi all, I have 2 members now that have reported errors while posting? one was trying to donate in my paypal block and the other a general post on the forums the error is this

Warning: your browser doesn't send the HTTP_REFERER header to the website.
This can be caused due to your browser, using a proxy server or your firewall.
Please change browser or turn off the use of a proxy
or turn off the 'Deny servers to trace web browsing' in your firewall
and you shouldn't have problems when sending a POST on this website

this is starting to worry me now

any idea`s

Cheers
mrix

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this might help..
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Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

IMO, it needs to be removed because it's causing too many problems for legitimate users. There are MANY legitimate users that MUST use a proxy and this kills them from posting. And, it is not a bug. A simple google search would have shown Quake (or whomever) that the HTTP_REFERER should not be used like this. At the very most, you might "borrow" the logic we use in NukeSentinel:

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function get_referer() {
if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])) {
return $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"];
} elseif (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_REFERER"])) {
return $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_REFERER"];
} elseif (getenv("HTTP_REFERER")) {
return getenv("HTTP_REFERER");
} else {
return "none";
}
}
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and if the call comes back "none", send the Admin an email with pertinent information to check out. Just my $.02 Smile