HTTP -- get HTTP headers

  • Called with the name of an HTTP header field, returns its value. Capitalization and the use of hyphens versus underscores are not significant.
  • Syntax: %HTTP%
  • Syntax: %HTTP{"Header-name"}%
  • Examples:
    %HTTP%  
    %HTTP{"Accept-language"}% en-us,en-gb,en;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
    %HTTP{"User-Agent"}% CCBot/2.0
  • ALERT! Note: You can see the HTTP headers your browser sends to the server on a number of sites e.g. http://www.ericgiguere.com/tools/http-header-viewer.html
  • Related: HTTPS, REMOTE_ADDR, REMOTE_PORT, REMOTE_USER
 
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