How do I prevent someone from visiting a page link Directly?

Question

Say for example, i want to prevent people from visiting /blog/index.html directly. They can only visit the link if they come from /home/index.html

I've seen solutions in JavaScript and PHP but most of them look tedious to implement.

I have some HTML and CSS knowledge and have no knowledge on other languages, so what ever help you guys provide, make sure to explain it yeah?

I look forward to your answers! Thanks!

Possible duplicate of [prevent direct url access to php file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33999475/prevent-direct-url-access-to-php-file) — Michel, Nov 11 '17 at 07:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '17 at 12:27

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Add this on the top of your /blog/index.html:

<?php if(str_replace("http://www.example.com", "", $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) != "/home/index.html"){echo"Error!";exit;}?>

But may be manipulable.

answered Nov 11 '17 at 12:27

Thanks but Michel's link from above is what I implemented. Appreciate the effort! :) – Shurikan117 Nov 11 '17 at 12:32
Okay, no problem. – Nov 11 '17 at 12:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '17 at 12:34

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Used this from Michel's Duplicate Question Redirect. Thanks for the Answers!

if(!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])){
// redirect them to your desired location
header('location:../index.php');
exit;
}

answered Nov 11 '17 at 12:34

Shurikan117

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