Automatically Retrieve <title> of Referring Page

Pennimus · 09-01-2006, 01:25 AM

Hi all,

Title of the thread says it all really - I'm not even sure whether to be looking for a JS or PHP solution (my instinct is JS). Anyone have any ideas?

Regards

mlseim · 09-01-2006, 01:34 AM

So I assume you already are able to see what the referring page is?
You just want to grab the title?

Or, are you thinking about opening a log file and reading in the referring
URLs ...

I'm not sure how you are seeing the referral URLs to begin with.

Pennimus · 09-01-2006, 01:49 AM

Sorry, the referring URL is in the query string. I'm creating a bookmarking system where you have a button on your toolbar with this JS function:

Code:

javascript:location.href='http://www.example.com/bookmark.php?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)"

If you know del.icio.us, it's basically that kind of deal.

EDIT: I've just realised I can probably encode the title at the same time as the URL. Doh! *potters off to try that out*
EDIT: It works, kind of...

These two functions work seperately to get the two bits of information I need:

Code:

+encodeURIComponent(location.href)

Code:

+encodeURIComponent(document.title)

However, I'm not sure how to combine them to get the query string I need, which would look something like ?url=[referring url]&title=[referring title]. It's the apostrophes seperating up the link and the encodeURI functions that are playing up. Having tried the obvious (JS in red for clarity)...

Code:

javascript:location.href='http://www.example.com/bookmark.php?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)"

... I've come to the end of my javascript expertise :-D Anybody know how to toggle these two last bits together properly?

felgall · 09-01-2006, 03:06 AM

You left out the + in href)+'&title

09-01-2006, 01:25 AM	PM User \| #1
Pennimus Senior Coder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,051 Thanks: 6 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Automatically Retrieve <title> of Referring Page Hi all, Title of the thread says it all really - I'm not even sure whether to be looking for a JS or PHP solution (my instinct is JS). Anyone have any ideas? Regards

09-01-2006, 01:34 AM	PM User \| #2
mlseim Master Coder Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cottage Grove, Minnesota Posts: 5,244 Thanks: 4 Thanked 417 Times in 415 Posts	So I assume you already are able to see what the referring page is? You just want to grab the title? Or, are you thinking about opening a log file and reading in the referring URLs ... I'm not sure how you are seeing the referral URLs to begin with. __________________ .

09-01-2006, 01:49 AM	PM User \| #3
Pennimus Senior Coder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,051 Thanks: 6 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Sorry, the referring URL is in the query string. I'm creating a bookmarking system where you have a button on your toolbar with this JS function: Code: javascript:location.href='http://www.example.com/bookmark.php?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)" If you know del.icio.us, it's basically that kind of deal. EDIT: I've just realised I can probably encode the title at the same time as the URL. Doh! potters off to try that out EDIT: It works, kind of... These two functions work seperately to get the two bits of information I need: Code: +encodeURIComponent(location.href) Code: +encodeURIComponent(document.title) However, I'm not sure how to combine them to get the query string I need, which would look something like ?url=[referring url]&title=[referring title]. It's the apostrophes seperating up the link and the encodeURI functions that are playing up. Having tried the obvious (JS in red for clarity)... Code: javascript:location.href='http://www.example.com/bookmark.php?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)" ... I've come to the end of my javascript expertise :-D Anybody know how to toggle these two last bits together properly? Last edited by Pennimus; 09-01-2006 at 02:11 AM..

09-01-2006, 03:06 AM	PM User \| #4
felgall Senior Coder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,275 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	You left out the + in href)+'&title __________________ Stephen Helping others to solve their computer problem at http://www.felgall.com/ Web related ebooks and software - http://members.felgall.com/ Focus on Javascript - http://javascript.about.com/

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