Error handling - logging the URL reported 'not found'

[mstembri]

The custom error page set up for my website is working fine, however I would like to try and take it to the next level.

Is there a way to get the URL of the page that couldn't be found by either:

a) what the user typed in the location bar
b) the bookmark address
c) link user clicked on (say from an old search engine listing)

I performed a simple test using a plain HTML page with a link to a info.php page --[ echo phpinfo(); ]

As best I could tell there is not a single environment variable that contained the URL that I clicked. There was of course HTTP_REFERER (the page it came from) and also REQUEST_URI.

The problem with REQUEST_URI is that it pulls the URI of the error.php page, not of the actual 'bad link'.

I've seen logs that list 'broken links' - I just don't know how to obtain that information.

Any and all help is much appreciated.

[petesmc]

in your .htaccess file what is the code you have for the error pages.

If you include the http://www.yourdomain.com/ part then REQUEST_URI shows the error page url instead of the actaully error requested page.

We really need the code first to solve it.


THis is my htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 400 /400.php
ErrorDocument 401 /401.php
ErrorDocument 403 /403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /500.php

And here is my error page:

<table width="569" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
    <tr> 
      <td width="223"><b>Error Code:</b></td>
      <td width="326"> <? echo("$REDIRECT_STATUS"); ?></td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td width="223"><b>Requested Page:</b></td>
      <td width="326"><? echo("$REQUEST_URI"); ?> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td width="223"><b>Refering Page:</b></td>
      <td width="326"><? echo("$HTTP_REFERER"); ?></td>
    </tr>
  </table>

Obviously, for each error i have a different page.

Hope this helps

Peter

[mstembri]

From the .htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.georgiaoffroad.com/error.phtml

[petesmc]

Ok, if you remove the http://www.georgiaoffroad.com then REQUEST_URI will work as expect, but it means that you are going to have to place the error document in every directory.

Hope this helps

Peter

[mstembri]

This will also return the following?

a) what the user typed in the location bar
b) the bookmark address

I've only been able to get REFERER to work with links - not with typing http://foo.com/foo.somepage.htm in the location bar and pressing enter... When a user types in an address, is there no way to pick that up?

[petesmc]

My code that I placed in the first post, try copying that and see if it deos want you want.

Otherwise I'm not sure what to do.

Peter

[mstembri]

Nevermind -- you were right, pulling http://domain.com did the trick.

Thank you for responding, btw -- I posted this same question on devshed twice in the last two months, with Zero replies.