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

[Bob Patin]

Why is that any better?

What's the difference? Both are redirects of a sort...

BP


On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> <?
> 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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