Check to see what page forwarded from

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On my home page I like for it to open up only if it was forwarded from a certain URL.

For example, www.xyz.com/fillform forwards to www.abc.com

on www.abc.com I like to see if I was forwarded from www.xyz.com/fillform If so, I not, I would like to forward them to www.xyz.com/fillform.

If they were, then the page would open. Is this possible through jQuery?

possible duplicate of [Redirect based on referrer URL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20502908/redirect-based-on-referrer-url) — blurfus, Apr 15 '15 at 22:03
If you have the option, and all of the pages are on the same site, this could be done very reliably on the server side. — Benjamin Ray, Apr 15 '15 at 22:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

As others have mentioned, and as explained in this answer, this is NOT a secure option and should not be used to protect any kind of sensitive content.

But, to answer the question, it IS technically possible using jQuery:

if (document.referrer === "http://www.example.com/mypage1.html") {
    // Do something
    alert('Referred from expected page. Probably.');
}

If you have the option, this kind of thing can be done very reliably on the server side (PHP, etc.)

Check to see what page forwarded from

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