Re: reloading a page..

One other problem is that I need to know the page the came from in order to reload it. i.e. if they try to access a restricted page from six.html I want to reload six.html - if they try from eight.html then eight.html needs to be reloaded. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Otton" <phpmail@jawbone.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Beauford.2002" <beauford.2002@rogers.com> Cc: "PHP General" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] reloading a page.. > On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:15:25 -0500, you wrote: > > >Not sure why things like this are so difficult. I have an authentication > >script which allows users access to certain pages based on their user level. > >If they click on a link to go to a page their not allowed to, I want to be > > First, why are the pages they can't access displayed as active links? > > >able to just reload the page their on and display a message saying they are > >not authorized to view that page - do you think I can get the page to > > You don't need to reload the page. At the top of each page, put your > check routine. > > if (access_granted == FALSE) { > show_access_denied_message; > exit; > } > > show_regular_page; > > >reload.....I've tried the header thing (but can't because headers are > >already sent), > > Either rewrite your page so the security check comes before any output > is sent, or use the output buffering functions (ob_start(), etc) > > >I've tried playing around with $PHP_SELF with no luck, I've > > That's passed to the script from its environment... changing it will > have no effect on the script's environment. > > >looked for javascripts with no luck. Anyone have any ideas? > > You can't rely on Javascript for security. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >