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Mar 11.2008

After my site users click on a link on my site, can I block or remove the http_referer header from information sent to the destination site? Many are asking to remain anonymous. I tell them that Firefox can be config’ed to not pass the http_referer header (and other environment variables), but almost all don’t use FF, or they aren’t technical enough. 😮

Anyway, is there a way I can do it with my website? ?

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@MrCoderMar 11.2008 — Will javascript window.location refrain from passing the referrer?
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@apeaceMar 11.2008 — Sorry that I do not have time to test this out, but try this:

[code=php]header("Location: http://www.google.com");[/code]

Replace the google URL with the URL you want to redirect to.

I don't know if this will block referrer or not. Could you let us know? I'll try and think up something else if it doesn't work.

As far as turning this into a link, you could just link to something like redirect.php?url=http://www.google.com, and redirect.php could contain something like that up there ^^
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@LeafgreenauthorMar 11.2008 — no, it doesn't work ?
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@TJ111Mar 11.2008 — You can use a <meta> tag refresh, although this will stop search engines spiders from following your outbound links. Alternatively, you could use something like tinyurl.com or snipurl.com for your outbound links, although that requires some extra work.
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@LeafgreenauthorMar 11.2008 — How could a <meta> tag refresh block http_referer?
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@felgallMar 11.2008 — Have you tried actually setting the referer header before setting the location header?
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