I have seen a number of threads relating to problems with the http_referer function, that is getting the "Why am I being redirected here?" page. I just had some odd experience with it too.

Yesterday I upgraded a XOOPS 2.2.1 site (a rebuild of my existing 2.0.13 site) to 2.2.3afinal. After doing so and correcting the footer to show the correct version, when I logged in as admin using the existing password I got that infamous "Why am I....." page. I was logged in and could move around the site, use admin menu, etc. If I logged out and tried to log in again I got an incorrect password message. Strangely, if I logged in using a test account (ordinary user) I did not get the http_referer message. That was from the same local machine (a Mac running OS X 10.4) and I had not changed any firewall settings. It is behind a hardware firewall.

Finally I decided to request a new password for my admin account (using the Forgot Password link). After getting it, I can now log in using that new password without getting the http_referer message. I seems that there is something odd about that function.

I am not sure if this helps anyone, but some of those seeing this message may want to try requesting a new password.

Barry Cooper