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Asked: 2026-05-16T07:52:52+00:00

I have a website where I click on a link and am redirected to

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I have a website where I click on a link and am redirected to another website.
Is there a way, the other website (www.otherwebsite.com) can determine accurately that the request has been sent from my website http://www.mywebsite.com?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, using the HTTP header called “Referer” (no, that is not a spelling mistake, that is actually the name of the header).

    For instance, in PHP you would do this:

    <?php echo "You came from this site: <b>".htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])."</b>";

    The same code in JavaScript:

    document.write("You came from this site: <b>"+document.referrer+"</b>");

    This could output:

    You came from this site: http://www.mywebsite.com/index.html

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