How to ge the url of the website is hosting my iframe

Question

I have a technical question.
I would like to know if is possible to get the url of the website is hosting my iframe. The pages which are hosting my iframe are using following iframe:

<iframe id="vacancy-iframe"
src="http://mypage.come" width="100%"
height="1400"></iframe>

Getting the URL using javaScript I think is not possibile.
Is there a way maybe with PHP or another server programming language?

@Mahi - That will get him the URL for any iframe on his page, not the parent page that includes his page... — M. Eriksson, Nov 26 '16 at 16:23
@MagnusEriksson yeah that's why i didn't answer. actually i was not confirm about that . thanks mate — Mahi, Nov 26 '16 at 16:25
HI MagnusEriksson , yes using that piece of code I get only the iframe URL, but not the page which is hosting the iframe. Is there a way to get it? — Daniel, Nov 26 '16 at 16:25
@Daniel - Look at the link that Pablo posted. There you'll find the answer. — M. Eriksson, Nov 26 '16 at 16:27
@Daniel, you you want to use this info (the "caller" url) available to you? Or simply use it in a local script within the iframe ? — Louys Patrice Bessette, Nov 26 '16 at 16:58

Louys Patrice Bessette · Answer 1 · 2016-11-26T17:13:11.483

If you want to "collect" all the urls that are calling your page:

You can use the PHP $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'].
Then save that information in a database for later consultation.

Notice that this will not check if your page has been called within an iframe.
If the your page is accessed via a link, the url will be the one where the link is.
If it is accessed directly by providing your page url in the adress bar, this value will be empty.

You may also find strange entries in you database over time, like google searches and robots... ;)

How to ge the url of the website is hosting my iframe

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