RE: [PHP] ignoring client supplied session data

From: Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 02:57:12 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] ignoring client supplied session data
References: 1  Groups: php.general 
Request: Send a blank email to php-general+get-126387@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message
> What I do on my pages is perhaps a convoluted way of doing it but it > works. I set a username and password session variables. Every time the > page loads the script verifies the username and password are correct. If > not, they don't get to see the rest. This, in my mind, pervents someone > from supplying a key variable like $_session['logged_in']. This way they > have to know the username and password. But users can't supply session variables. So if your script sets $_SESSION['logged_in'], then only your script can change it's value. ---John Holmes...

« previous php.general (#126387) next »