RE: PHP Forms And self posting
- From: "D!J!X!" <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 14:54:42 -0400
Well one of the most prevelling arguements is not to trust anything in the
$_SERVER global, something i sort of knew and wasn't planning on doing.
Another thing i've noticed is the use php_self seems to have some issues
under apache? From what i've read people use php_self and $_SERVER together
to post back, and that's "asking for trouble." And then there is the
action="" method, which some browsers don't like, and again, i wouldn't use.
I propose a direct url to the same page for processing.
Other than that i haven't found anything that states a huge concern with
security. The data i'm sending is not sensitive like ssn or ccn or things of
that nature.
HTH, D!J!X!
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 3:20 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PHP Forms And self posting
I'd be interested in anything you come up with that can explain why this
might be a bad idea. I have always used them without much hesitation.
On 5/29/2010 12:01 AM, D!J!X! wrote:
Hey guys, i'm finishing up a site here and was just wondering, i've been
reading online and it seems that some people strongly suggest against having
php forms post back to themselves for error displaying and correction and
processing. I can sort of understand why, but then again it seems that a lot
of people are using it and recommend it, w3c included. Does anybody have any
comments/opinions they can share that would help me shed some light on this
matter? Self posting would make my life easier, but i have a solution that
separates processing from the actual form page, except that there's a bit of
code involved to redisplay the form with values filled in, error messages
displayed etc. Any thoughts, comments, articles on the topic?
THX, D!J!X!
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