The mgiRequest Tag
Tag Behavior
Use the mgiRequest tag to display HTTP header information
in the location of the tag.
Tag Syntax
The mgiRequest tag has one required parameter and no optional
parameters. The tag form is:
<mgiRequest data="Type">
Required Parameters:
- data - The data is the type of HTTP header information
to display. Valid data types are:
- Username - The username if authentication was required.
- Password - The password if authentication was required.
- ClientAddress - The domain name of the client (or
the client's IP address if DNS look-ups are disabled).
- ServerAddress - The domain name of the server (or
the server's IP address if DNS look-ups are disabled).
- ServerPort - The TCP/IP port the server is listening
on.
- ScriptName - The file portion of the URL.
- ContentType - The MIME type of post arguments, if
present.
- Referrer - The URL of the page visited prior to accessing
the page which contains mgiRequest.
- UserAgent - The browser software name and version.
- Method - The HTTP method being requested (such as
GET, GET_CONDITIONAL, POST, etc.).
- ClientIP - The IP address of the client.
- VirtualHost - The name of the web site that is being
accessed.
- PageID - The number of the page served since the last
server restart for each region.
- QueryString - The string of path arguments in the
URL.
Optional Parameters:
Example Usage and Output
Welcome Back <mgiRequest data="username">!
In this example, the mgiRequest tag is used to display the
username entered by a visitor into an authentication dialogue
box. If the username was Pete, then the following would be displayed:
Welcome Back Pete!
Suggested Usage
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