New del.icio.us feature! for: tags

You can tag items for others. To do so, use “for:username” where username is the name of the user you want to send the item to.

You can see items tagged for you at http://del.icio.us/for/ — it’ll redirect to your own page, which other users will not be able to see.

Update: Just a quick note that this feature is not really useful… I just wanted to say that.

Using http_referer in PHP

Every browser sends a referer in the header. (The HTTP header contains additional information about you and the webpage you’re requesting). The referer is the site you’ve been on before requesting the current site. That means you can see where people came from. Here is a nice and effective technique on how you can use the referer in a web application.

You are on a typical website. Let’s say Jobazaar. You’re logged in. You want to log out. But, wait, you just want to log out, not leaving the page you’re currently viewing. Uhmm.. it’s Jobazaar, so just click “log out”. Continue reading Using http_referer in PHP