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Re: Posting and redirecting to remote script [message #173296 is a reply to message #173294]

Sat, 02 April 2011 12:35

Toxalot
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Registered: April 2011

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On Apr 1, 8:30 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 4/1/2011 7:02 PM, Twayne wrote:
>
>
>
>> Innews:e96fbcd2-b36f-4005-b135-7c86373c248a(at)a17g2000yqn(dot)googlegroups(dot)com,
>> Toxalot<toxa...@gmail.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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> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================

Jerry, I'm sure I understand your post. Are you asking me or Twayne?

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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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