Inspect the referrer in PHP

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Published on 2009-01-09T02:10:48Z Indexed on 2010/06/09 2:12 UTC
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Is it possible to check who is entering your website in PHP. I have a web application ( written in PHP) that should only allow users entering from some particular websites. Is it possible to get the referral websites by examining the _Request object? If yes, how?

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