Question

Is it possible to retrieve the infomation about the webpage that sent a form to another webpage? I’m developing a simple page that gives the user the option to send forms to other pages and they can configure the form as they want.

It works in this way: the user puts the input fields they want from my page, then a new page showing the full form is displayed and there they can submit it to the new page.

So I’d basically like to know if there’s any way (through php or other languages) to retrieve information about where the form comes from. It’s obvious that they can retrieve the user IP, but can they also retrieve information about my page? If so, how would they do it? I’ve tried to find it online, but I couln’t find anything at all.

Thank you!

Answer 1

The only piece of information you have (provided that you can’t control the sending web page to add fields) is the HTTP Referer header. It can be omitted or forged, but it’s all you’ve got.