[PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread nashrul
This is a newbie question... Let's say there are 3 php files, page1.php, page2.php and page3.php. Form submission from page1.php or page2.php will take user to page3.php. I know that we can use parameter that is appended in the action attribute of the form (e.g ) But I think, appending this parame

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 02:17 -0700, nashrul wrote: > This is a newbie question... > Let's say there are 3 php files, page1.php, page2.php and page3.php. Form > submission from page1.php or page2.php will take user to page3.php. > I know that we can use parameter that is appended in the action attrib

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread kranthi
HTTP_REFERRER is transparent, but if can be messed with very easily. I prefer use of $_SESSION vars if security is needed in my application (epically when a page is shown after a POST request) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Ralph Deffke
If u need a solution to know where the request comes from on a certain secure level u can use cookies. u might also have run into pages on the web giving u hard readable images u have to put into a form field. toghether with cookies these design gives u 1000% from where the form data come. depend

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 19:04 +0200, Ralph Deffke wrote: > If u need a solution to know where the request comes from on a certain > secure level u can use cookies. > > u might also have run into pages on the web giving u hard readable images u > have to put into a form field. toghether with cookies

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Ben Dunlap
> This is a newbie question... > Let's say there are 3 php files, page1.php, page2.php and page3.php. Form > submission from page1.php or page2.php will take user to page3.php. > I know that we can use parameter that is appended in the action attribute of > the form (e.g ) > But I think, appending

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Tom Worster
On 8/17/09 5:24 AM, "Ashley Sheridan" wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 02:17 -0700, nashrul wrote: >> This is a newbie question... >> Let's say there are 3 php files, page1.php, page2.php and page3.php. Form >> submission from page1.php or page2.php will take user to page3.php. >> I know that we ca

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Tom Worster
On 8/17/09 5:17 AM, "nashrul" wrote: > This is a newbie question... > Let's say there are 3 php files, page1.php, page2.php and page3.php. Form > submission from page1.php or page2.php will take user to page3.php. > I know that we can use parameter that is appended in the action attribute of > th

Re: [PHP] is there a better way to know from which php file the request comes from ??

2009-08-17 Thread Ralph Deffke
I was reviewing ur post, and thinking u might talk about a pretty common application like in a sequence of order form u want first the billing data then the shipping data. for both u need just the same form u then process on script3. in such a case it doesn't matter if u use hidden fields or url p