6/21/12
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Rich BarrettHuge number of 404's from users all with /undefined at end of url
1 Recommended AnswerSeems to only effect chrome versions 19.0.1084.56,19.0.1084.52 and 17.0.963.79
My error log has been filling up with lots and lots of 404's, all from urls with /undefined added to the end like so:
www.example.co.uk/undefined
www.example.co.uk/member/undefined
This has only started happening since the 12th June and I am at a complete loss as to explain the cause of it.
If anyone has any ideas I would be eternally grateful
My error log has been filling up with lots and lots of 404's, all from urls with /undefined added to the end like so:
www.example.co.uk/undefined
www.example.co.uk/member/undefined
This has only started happening since the 12th June and I am at a complete loss as to explain the cause of it.
If anyone has any ideas I would be eternally grateful
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9/24/12
epommateHi,
I think that I have an explanation for this problem.
The problem seems to appear for browsers that have a plugin called "complitly" installed (http://www.complitly.com/) .
This plugin installs as a windows software and adds a plugin for the installed browsers (Chrome and IE).
When the browser reads a web page with an input field named "search" (or "recherche" in French and I suppose "search" translated in any language), the plugin tries to retrieve a page named "undefined" (I guess, this is a bug in the plugin).
I think that I have an explanation for this problem.
The problem seems to appear for browsers that have a plugin called "complitly" installed (http://www.complitly.com/) .
This plugin installs as a windows software and adds a plugin for the installed browsers (Chrome and IE).
When the browser reads a web page with an input field named "search" (or "recherche" in French and I suppose "search" translated in any language), the plugin tries to retrieve a page named "undefined" (I guess, this is a bug in the plugin).
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6/25/12
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Rich BarrettStill no resolution to this issue, had about 100 errors since midnight (GMT) as far as I can tell the user is unaware that there is an error on the page as there have been no complaints

6/27/12
Yan-SciregWe've been getting the same thing. "/undefined" is appearing at the end of some of our URLs from users browsing with Chrome. The users seem to be genuine, though judging from the IIS logs, seem to be navigating the site without any apparent problems. We haven’t been able to reproduce this error ourselves using chrome.
6/28/12
Original Poster
Rich BarrettSame problem, I have tried generating thousands of requests using chrome and not managed to even generate an error report.
I too am using IIS, maybe its something that only occurs on IIS web-servers?
I too am using IIS, maybe its something that only occurs on IIS web-servers?

6/28/12
Yan-SciregI came across the following post:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11017609/undefined-randomly-appended-in-1-of-requested-urls-on-my-website-since-12-jun
The guy seems to be describing something very similar to what we have been experiencing. He is using apache though, so it seems like it’s not just IIS. Interestingly, he also reports the problem starting started on the 12th of June, the same as you. We have seen a few errors like this before the 12th, but it really seems to have gone nuts after that date, so it looks like it might be significant.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11017609/undefined-randomly-appended-in-1-of-requested-urls-on-my-website-since-12-jun
The guy seems to be describing something very similar to what we have been experiencing. He is using apache though, so it seems like it’s not just IIS. Interestingly, he also reports the problem starting started on the 12th of June, the same as you. We have seen a few errors like this before the 12th, but it really seems to have gone nuts after that date, so it looks like it might be significant.
6/28/12
Original Poster
Rich BarrettThey haven't managed to get a solution nailed down yet, he suggests that there is also a problem with IE and Firefox, I have seen a few IE user agents (probably 1 per 500 errors) so I put that down to compatibility browsing within Chrome. No firefox issues as of yet

3/11/13
ing. JovanovicHere is some php 301 permanent redirect just to be sure
/*returns curent url*/
function curPageURL() {
$pageURL = 'http';
if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";}
$pageURL .= "://";
if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80") {
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
} else {
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
}
return $pageURL;
}
/*returns curent url*/
/*place this before first html appears*/
$cur_url=curPageURL();
if((substr_count($cur_url, 'undefined'))>0){
$cur_url=str_replace("undefined","",$cur_url);
wp_redirect($cur_url, 301); exit;//for wordpress users - me :)
/* header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");header("Location: ".$cur_url); - for no wp users */
}
Prevention is the king!
/*returns curent url*/
function curPageURL() {
$pageURL = 'http';
if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";}
$pageURL .= "://";
if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80") {
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
} else {
$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
}
return $pageURL;
}
/*returns curent url*/
/*place this before first html appears*/
$cur_url=curPageURL();
if((substr_count($cur_url, 'undefined'))>0){
$cur_url=str_replace("undefined","",$cur_url);
wp_redirect($cur_url, 301); exit;//for wordpress users - me :)
/* header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");header("Location: ".$cur_url); - for no wp users */
}
Prevention is the king!
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