Does anyone know the html code to get the referer of a page?

Question

I need to use it to complete an email to a friend page on a site.

How bout using cold fussion or javascript

Answer 1

You can't get the referrer using HTML. You can get it using JavaScript - document.referrer (you need to check and make sure it exists and is not empty first though - not all hits will have a referrer, for various reasons).

You can also get it using pretty much any server-side language:

In PHP: $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

In ASP.NET: Request.UrlReferrer.ToString()

In ColdFusion: CGI.HTTP_REFERER