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Vincent Chua
Vincent Chua

Reputation: 1009

Prevent access to thank you page?

I have a php form and I'm redirecting from:

http://wthdesign.net/contact.php

to this url: 

http://wthdesign.net/contact.php?status=thanks

once my form is send:

but my problem is how do I prevent access to this url if the form was never sent in the first place?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 158

Answers (2)

Raymond Nijland
Raymond Nijland

Reputation: 11602

Show us the source code off contact.php

indeed SESSION is proberly the best way to go, and set the session like this.

if (mail(...)) {
  $_SESSION['allow_show_thanks'] = 1;
}

you have proberly some kind of switch case to handle status?

if (status == "thanks") {


} else {
  // show form
}

change that to

if (status == "thanks" && (isset($_SESSION['allow_show_thanks'] && $_SESSION['allow_show_thanks'] == 1) ) {
   // show thanks when status equals "thanks" AND SESSION['allow_show_thanks'] == 1

} else {
  // show form
}

Upvotes: 1

M.Svrcek
M.Svrcek

Reputation: 5645

you just need to create session in the form and you need to check, whether the session was set with isset function. If not, use die at the beginning.

if (!isset($_SESSION['thank'])) die;

Upvotes: 2

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