How to use $_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’] correctly in php?

I wouldn’t recommend using HTTP_REFERER:

  1. It’s fairly simple to manipulable in browser.
  2. Some users might have security settings in their browser to not send this header at all.
  3. It’s not accessible over HTTPS.
  4. Some proxies strip this header from the request
  5. Added – See answer to this quesion

As Charlotte Dunois stated in the comment, better set session value before sending the form and then check it on page2.

page1.php:

$_SESSION[ 'display_page2' ] = TRUE;
//rest of the content

page2.php:

if ( (isset( $_SESSION[ 'display_page2' ] ) && $_SESSION[ 'display_page2' ] === TRUE ) || isset( $_POST[ 'some_form_input' ] ) ) {
  //keep displaying page2.php
} else {
  header('Location:page1.php');
  exit;
}

With isset( $_POST[ 'some_form_input' ] ), you can check whether the form has been sent (via POST method).

When needed, you can unset the session with unset( $_SESSION[ 'display_page2' ] ); or by setting it to different value.

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