Re: PHP and GET/POST

From: Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:22:57 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP and GET/POST
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--- Patrik Fomin <pafo@pafo.net> wrote: > i got a page that i devided up into 3 diffrent pages, > to call i use <form method="post"><input type="hidden" > name="step" > value="1"> > or 2-3, but i found out that you can just write the url: > mypage.php?step=1 to get to step one, is there anyway to get rid of > that possibility Yes, you can use $_POST['step']. However, this is just as easy to spoof, so you're not really eliminating the problem, just a symptom. Having the client identify what step it is on seems fundamentally flawed to me. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security - O'Reilly Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams http://httphandbook.org/ PHP Community Site http://phpcommunity.org/

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