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  1. 09-30-2008 #1
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    Newbie linux html programmer needs to know how what site forwarded to my site via dns

    Programming in html, how can I tell what site forwarded to my site when Google set up the dns of the forwarded site to forward to my site? I think it has to do with zone record, but what is the html code I need to read the original site? Thanks!
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    I don't understand your question at all.

    I think that you're referring to the Referer HTTP header. Basically, browsers are supposed to tell you where they came from, and they do this through the Referer header.

    HTML is just a markup language, and so can't read anything or be dynamic in any way. However, any web programming language (Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.) has ways to read the headers of the request and react accordingly.
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    Do you know the php code to see the original url that was forwarded to my site?

    Am i being clear?
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    I think Cabhan is right and you need the referer header. This will require a server side programming language. But be aware that you cannot rely on it being present. Some anti-virus / firewall / proxy / anonymiser software will strip it out from the HTTP header.
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    Do you have a service that redirects users to your site?
    User clicks whatever dot com, it goes to a server with
    a meta refresh that redirects to your address.

    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Your Page Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://www.the-domain-you-want-to-redirect-to.com"></HEAD>
<BODY>
Optional page text here.
</BODY>
</HTML>
    html redirect

    To see the code, you go to the address with meta refresh disabled on
    your browser and read the html code on the server.

    Or do you have a dynamic dns service? In that case, someone
    like dyndns has a name server and whatever dot com points to
    your IP address.

    Your question is ambiguous at best.
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