ServerVariables

The ServerVariables collection retrieves the values of environment variables.

Syntax

Request.ServerVariables (variable)

See http://techref.massmind.org/showservervars.asp or http://techref.massmind.org/cgi-bin/showall.asp

Parameters

variable

Specifies the name of the server environment variable to retrieve. It can be one of the following values.

Variable	Description
AUTH_TYPE	The authentication method that the server uses to validate users when they attempt to access a protected script.
CONTENT_LENGTH	The length of the content as given by the client.
CONTENT_TYPE	The data type of the content. Used with queries that have attached information, such as the HTTP queries POST and PUT.
GATEWAY_INTERFACE	The revision of the CGI specification used by the server. Format: CGI/revision
HTTP_<HeaderName>	The value stored in the header HeaderName. Any header other than those listed in this table must be prefixed by “HTTP_” in order for the ServerVariables collection to retrieve its value. Note The server interprets any underscore (_) characters in HeaderName as dashes in the actual header. For example if you specify HTTP_MY_HEADER, the server searches for a header sent as MY-HEADER.
LOGON_USER	The Windows NT® account that the user is logged into.
PATH_INFO	Extra path information as given by the client. You can access scripts by using their virtual path and the PATH_INFO server variable. If this information comes from a URL it is decoded by the server before it is passed to the CGI script.
PATH_TRANSLATED	A translated version of PATH_INFO that takes the path and performs any necessary virtual-to-physical mapping.
QUERY_STRING	Query information stored in the string following the question mark (?) in the HTTP request.
REMOTE_ADDR	The IP address of the remote host making the request.
REMOTE_HOST	The name of the host making the request. If the server does not have this information, it will set REMOTE_ADDR and leave this empty.
REQUEST_METHOD	The method used to make the request. For HTTP, this is GET, HEAD, POST, and so on.
SCRIPT_MAP	Gives the base portion of the URL.
SCRIPT_NAME	A virtual path to the script being executed. This is used for self-referencing URLs.
SERVER_NAME	The server's host name, DNS alias, or IP address as it would appear in self-referencing URLs.
SERVER_PORT	The port number to which the request was sent.
SERVER_PORT_SECURE	A string that contains either 0 or 1. If the request is being handled on the secure port, then this will be 1. Otherwise, it will be 0.
SERVER_PROTOCOL	The name and revision of the request information protocol. Format: protocol/revision
SERVER_SOFTWARE	The name and version of the server software answering the request (and running the gateway). Format: name/version
URL	Gives the base portion of the URL.

Remarks

If a client sends a header other than those specified in the preceding table, you can retrieve the value of that header by prefixing the header name with “HTTP_” in the call to Request.ServerVariables. For example, if the client sent the following header:

SomeNewHeader:SomeNewValue

You could retrieve SomeNewValue by using the following syntax:

 <% Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_SomeNewHeader") %>

You can use an iterator to loop through each server variable name. For example, the following script prints out all of the server variables in a table.

<TABLE>
<TR><TD><B>Server Variable</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B></TD></TR>
<% For Each name In Request.ServerVariables %> 
<TR><TD> <%= name %> </TD><TD>  <%= Request.ServerVariables(name) %> </TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<% Next %>

Example

The following example uses the Request object to display several server variables.

<HTML>
<!-- This example displays the content of several ServerVariables. --> 
ALL_HTTP server variable = 
<%= Request.ServerVariables("ALL_HTTP") %> <BR>
CONTENT_LENGTH server variable = 
<%= Request.ServerVariables("CONTENT_LENGTH") %> <BR> 
CONTENT_TYPE server variable = 
<%= Request.ServerVariables("CONTENT_TYPE") %> <BR>
QUERY_STRING server variable = 
<%= Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING") %> <BR> 
SERVER_SOFTWARE server variable = 
<%= Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_SOFTWARE") %> <BR> 
</HTML>

The next example uses the ServerVariables collection to insert the name of the server into a hyperlink.

<A HREF = "http://<%= Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME") %>
/scripts/MyPage.asp">Link to MyPage.asp</A>

Applies To

Request Object

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