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Anonymous
March 28, 2008
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How to strip #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# after the ? params?

  • March 28, 2008
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I am trying to store the #CGI.HTTP_REFERER# address into my database, which works, BUT, I don't want any characters after and including the ? in my url

for example, if I have
http://www.scooby.com/index.cfm?popo=yes&ID=22

I only want to store http://www.scooby.com/index.cfm

How can I strip that stuff after the ? before storing it?
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Figured it out..

<cfset prefix = " http://">
<cfset full_path = "#prefix#" & "#CGI.SERVER_NAME#" & "#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#">

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Oğuz Demirkapı
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March 28, 2008
<cfset myNewLink = ReplaceNoCase(cgi.http_referer,"?"&cgi.query_string,"")>
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    Anonymous
    Correct answer
    March 28, 2008
    Figured it out..

    <cfset prefix = " http://">
    <cfset full_path = "#prefix#" & "#CGI.SERVER_NAME#" & "#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#">
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    Inspiring
    March 28, 2008
    Scooby Doobie Doo wrote:
    Figured it out..
    <cfset prefix = " http://">
    <cfset full_path = "#prefix#" & "#CGI.SERVER_NAME#" & "#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#">

    Those are two different things. CGI.SERVER_NAME and CGI.SCRIPT_NAME refer to the current page. CGI.HTTP_REFERER is the previous referring page.

    You can use list functions to extract the first part of the HTTP_REFERER string

    listFirst(CGI.HTTP_REFERER, "?")

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