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I've got a site that does a complex search and has a "loading" page. On the loading page we use:
<body onload="window.location.replace('results_page.php');" >
Or:
<body onload="window.location = 'results_page.php';" >
The only difference between the two option above are that location.replace() ignores the page in the browser's history.
On the results_page I need to read the referrer for tracking purposes:
<script> alert(document.referrer); </script>
This works fine on all browsers except IE, which returns and empty value for document.referrer.
Anyone know a better way to do a javascript redirect that will give IE a value for the referrer?
p.s. This example has been made much more simple than it would be in production.
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Window location. The replace() method replaces the current document with a new one.
It's exactly the same things (currency, language, a log in) that will trigger a reload of the page.
document. referrer gives you the URI of the page that linked to the current page. This is a value that's available for all pages, not just frames. window. parent gives you the parent frame, and its location is its URI.
Looks like this is just the cost of doing business with IE users. Can't be fixed without a hack. Working on one now. Thanks for listening.
http://webbugtrack.blogspot.com/2008/11/bug-421-ie-fails-to-pass-http-referer.html
I used the workaround to make this function. Works like a charm.
<script type="text/javascript" >
function redirect(url) {
if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigator.userAgent)){
var referLink = document.createElement('a');
referLink.href = url;
document.body.appendChild(referLink);
referLink.click();
} else {
location.href = url;
}
}
</script>
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