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Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script [message #173294 is a reply to message #173292]

Fri, 01 April 2011 23:30

Jerry Stuckle
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On 4/1/2011 7:02 PM, Twayne wrote:
> In news:e96fbcd2-b36f-4005-b135-7c86373c248a(at)a17g2000yqn(dot)googlegroups(dot)com,
> Toxalot<toxalot(at)gmail(dot)com> typed:
>> My client has a subscribers only area which is written in
>> PHP. Login is through a form and sessions are tracked
>> with cookies.
>>
>> One of the client's subscribers has their own members
>> only website. The subscriber wants all their members to
>> be able to access my client's subscribers only area
>> without having to provide a username and password. The
>> simplest way would be for the subscriber to put a form
>> button on their site that has the login info in hidden
>> fields. But that means any of their members could get the
>> login details by viewing the source. I don't know how
>> savvy their members are, but I don't like security
>> through obscurity.
>>
>> I had hoped to create a simple little script that the
>> subscriber could install that would post directly to my
>> client's script and end up on the client's site. But so
>> far, it hasn't been as simple as I'd hoped. All methods
>> of posting to remote script keep the user on the same
>> site.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to handle this?
>
> A PHP script operating on a remote server will NOT be visible by doing a
> View Source! All they'll see is what the PHP code sends back to the screen
> as HTML but not the processes which created that HTML on the fly. That's one
> of the valid reasons for using PHP or any server-side programming.
>
> HTH,
>
> Twayne`
>
>

A typical Twayne response. Complete horse hockey.

Now - please tell me - how is the script on the remote server supposed
to know the user is signed onto the original server without passing some
information to the remote via the client?

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		Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Toxalot on Fri, 01 April 2011 18:20
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Captain Paralytic on Fri, 01 April 2011 18:36
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Toxalot on Fri, 01 April 2011 19:54
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Captain Paralytic on Fri, 01 April 2011 20:24
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Twayne on Fri, 01 April 2011 23:02
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 01 April 2011 23:30
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Toxalot on Sat, 02 April 2011 12:35
		Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 02 April 2011 12:44

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