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seoppc
seoppc

Reputation: 2824

php script prevent direct access

I am using ajax to get value from php scripts (for example cost.php) and i know it would be easy to access it directly and get that value. I am even running cron job on same script(cost.php) so cron job would not work if i use following...

if(!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
  //code here
  die('Invalid Request!');
}

Is this the safe way to prevent, and cron jobs would not work if i use the above code, so what can i use to secure value from end user. thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1669

Answers (4)

Girish
Girish

Reputation: 893

Add this at the top of code to stop direct script access.

if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

If you want to allow AJAX requests then,

if (!defined('BASEPATH') &&
strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) != 'xmlhttprequest')
exit('You are not allowed here...');

Upvotes: 0

ajreal
ajreal

Reputation: 47331

In order to separate execution of cronjob, you can consider to use php_sapi_name

A simple usage (more reliable that depend on server side variables) :-

if (php_sapi_name() == "cli") // via cronjob or via cli
{
  die("invalid request");
}

PS: constant PHP_SAPI carry the same value, so you can rewrite to :-

if (PHP_SAPI == "cli")
{
  die("invalid request");
}

Upvotes: 4

PiTheNumber
PiTheNumber

Reputation: 23563

Use a secret password for the cronjob

if (isset($_REQUEST['cronpw']) && $_REQUEST['cronpw'] == 'supersecret')
{
    // this is the cronjob
}
else
{
    // this not
}

Upvotes: 0

djot
djot

Reputation: 2947

if (!eregi('cost.php',basename($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]))) { die('access denied'); }

Upvotes: 0

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