How do you get the 'referer' header in PHP?

Question

I want the the url of the page from which a request has been made. How can I do that in PHP?

Answer 1

The refer(r)er can be found in the $_SERVER global variable. Please note that sending the refer(r)er is completely optional and a user-agent can simply decide to not send the refer(r)ing url.

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']

Answer 2

$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']

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