[FX.php List] [OFF] Rewrite for forcing http to https possible?

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

<?
header( "Location: https://www.site.com/page.htm" );
exit;
?>

2008/9/12 Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
> Tim,
> Is there a compelling reason why that's a better method? Since the redirect
> happens immediately, there isn't any security issue there, is there?
> Just wondering... always willing to learn a better way to do things... :)
> BP
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> On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Tim 'Webko' Booth wrote:
>
> Well, if they're actually the same page but on different ports (80 for http,
> ?? for https) I'd use a server side redirect rather than a client-side.
>
> I'd think that with some of the SERVER variables you could do something like
>
> <?php if ($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 80) {
> //Construct a variable pointing back to the same name under https
> $server = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
> $page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
> header['location: https://$server/$page/'];
> } ?>
>
> (And I'm certain that is not correct code, but it's where I'd start and
> fiddle with it from there...)
>
> Cheers
>
> Webko
>
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