Redirect based on previous URL

Question

I am trying to do something and I am not to sure how I can do it!

Basically I want visitors to be re-directed to a different page if they have come from Facebook. So for example if someone shares that page I want future visitors from Facebook to that page to then be re-directed to the home page.

If I can do this through .htaccess or jQuery I am not bothered as long as it works.

What kind of CMS are you running the site on, or Language you have written the website in? — binks, Sep 04 '14 at 19:50
possible duplicate of [Redirect based on referrer URL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20502908/redirect-based-on-referrer-url) — davidcondrey, Sep 04 '14 at 19:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '14 at 19:57

as easy as this

if (document.referrer !== "http://www.facebook.com") {
    document.location.href = "http://www.example.com";
}

or this:

var href = document.location.href;

if (href.indexOf("facebook.com") > 0)

document.location.href = "http://www.example.com"

PHP version:

function url(url){
      return url.match(/:\/\/(.[^/]+)/)[1];
    }

    function check()
    {
      var ref = document.referrer;
      if(url(ref) =='www.facebook.com')
      {

         window.location.href = 'http://example.com';
      }
   }

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '14 at 19:56

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You can do this via JavaScript very simply.

if(document.referrer.match("facebook.com")){ 
   window.location = "/";
}

Replace the forward slash with the proper redirection path.

answered Sep 04 '14 at 19:56

Zach

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davidcondrey · Answer 3 · 2014-09-04T20:04:16.507

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if (document.referrer !== "http://www.facebook.com") {
    document.location.href = "http://www.google.com";
}

or in htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://www\.facebook\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.google.com/ [R]

edited Sep 04 '14 at 20:04

answered Sep 04 '14 at 19:56

davidcondrey

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