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

[Troy Meyers]

Tim,

I guess I should have read all the messages before I did my last reply.

Yes, that's something I considered, and will probably do it that way if the RewriteRule won't work. It does have the trouble of patching it into the CDML section, but that's not insurmountable.

I have used RewriteRule successfully for a number of things, such as this:
http://troymeyers.com/flasking/item.php?id=TN1525&kind=plant
getting turned into:
http:/lab.troymeyers.com/flasking/item.php?id=TN1525&kind=plant

..or RewriteRule in combination with header() to get:
http://troymeyers.com/direct/?121525
to turn into:
http://lab.troymeyers.com/flasking/item.php?id=TN1525&kind=plant
...right in the user's browser.

Try both of those and see what I mean:
http://troymeyers.com/flasking/item.php?id=TN1525&kind=plant
http://troymeyers.com/direct/?121525

I guess I just like it because I set it up in one place and forget it.

Has anyone said that it just won't work?

-Troy


> 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