Arcade Submission Problems

[RFH Customer: soul]

Hello. I've recently installed the Arcade system for PHPNuke on one of my websites and have downloaded a few games for it. Now, after installing and playing - every time the score needs to be submitted I get the following error:

"Warning: your browser doesn't send the HTTP_REFERER header to the website.
This can be caused due to your browser, using a proxy server or your firewall.
Please change browser or turn off the use of a proxy
or turn off the 'Deny servers to trace web browsing' in your firewall
and you shouldn't have problems when sending a POST on this website."

Anyone knows how to fix this? I pretty much believe this is a setting problem.

P.S: I do not use a firewall, nor a proxy and am using Internet Explorer.

[RFH Reseller: Sol]

This could be your ISP using an invisible proxy.

BTW, what web browser are you using?

[RFH Customer: soul]

As said in the post above - Interent Explorer. and no, its not just me having this problem but other users aswell, so thats why I am pretty sure its a setting problem. Any ideas, Sol?

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

Must be a problem with the arcade script then, not finding the referrer as its likly it is actually being sent...

[RFH Customer: soul]

Yes, so I thought Warren. Just thought you might have an idea how to fix it as I absolutly have no idea..

[RFH Reseller: nick]

presuming the script is just going to be checking the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] variable, what you could try is setting this manually to any old value youself.
So in some globally included file, a config file or something, maybe write...

if( !isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ) {
    $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] = 'unknown';
} 

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

presuming the script is just going to be checking the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] variable, what you could try is setting this manually to any old value youself.
So in some globally included file, a config file or something, maybe write...

if( !isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ) {
$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] = 'unknown';
} 

I doubt that would work...

I guess the arcade script is checking the referrer to ensure the score submission is a little more secure than not checking.

[RFH Reseller: nick]

I doubt that would work...

I guess the arcade script is checking the referrer to ensure the score submission is a little more secure than not checking.

the http referer is a pretty unreliable source to use for validation as it can be changed quite easily by the user and not all user agents bother setting it anyway. You are right though that it may well not work, I'd have to have a look at the code, and how it is trying to use the information to think of a better solution.

[Staff: Warren Ashcroft]

the http referer is a pretty unreliable source to use for validation as it can be changed quite easily by the user and not all user agents bother setting it anyway. You are right though that it may well not work, I'd have to have a look at the code, and how it is trying to use the information to think of a better solution.

I know, hence why I said "little"

[RFH Reseller: nick]

I know, hence why I said "little"

:p