capture the actual http_referer

Thanks for that suggestion. I tried it, and I apologize if I'm being dense, but I can't make it work.

When I create a hidden field, as you suggest, with the value $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"], all it passes to the results is the literal string $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"] I must be missing something.

When I create a variable on the webform itself and assign it a value $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"] I can echo the value I want, but I don't know how to pass it to the webform results. I put the following in the Description field:

 $referer = $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"];
echo $referer;
 

and I see the URL I want. I try to create a hidden field with the value $referer, and I just get the literal $referer.

I don't mind that the referrer can be forged or might be missing. With sitewide forms our users will often assume you know what they're looking at when they write their message, but we can't figure out what they mean unless we know where they were. On the pre-drupal site, just passing that value made it so much easier to respond to their comments and requests.

I will try upgrading to the latest version of webform and see if that makes a difference.

I've been using // $Id: webform.module,v 1.61.2.10 2006/07/14 19:25:26 ullgren Exp

Nope, upgrading didn't change the behavior.

Yeah, the %server[HTTP_REFERER] was the first thing I tried and an obvious choice, but when it didn't do what I expected, I thought perhaps there was some other intention with that field.

Sorry I didn't file it as a bug report in the first place.