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

[Bob Patin]

Makes sense... i like the idea that in PHP you're guaranteed not to  
display anything that the client shouldn't see... :)

OK, I'm convinced...


On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Tim 'Webko' Booth wrote:

>
> On 12/09/2008, at 8:23 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> 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... :)
>
> Actually, I find that even with 0 second redirect, the page is still  
> visible as the redirect doesn't occur until load has finished. The  
> server one occurs before any output to the browser - you really  
> can't see anything, it's already gone over there.
>
> For speed, bandwidth etc, nothing beats a server redirect.
>
> Under CDML I used page redirects all the time, but now that I have  
> the power to make the server do the work, I use it :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Webko
>
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