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From: Bill Rausch on 3 Mar 2010 14:25


Hi there,

In certain circumstances controlled by my users, I'd like to redirect
my users to another site, a third party whom we have contracted with.
The second site uses basic authentication with a simple username and
password. Can I write my PHP code so my users do not have to login
(or even know the username/password) on the remote site?

This isn't intended to stop serious hackers, just enough security to
stop casual passers-by.

Thanks,

Bill


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From: Rene Veerman on 3 Mar 2010 14:52
depends on how that site does its authentication...

if it's a form, it may need an extra setting to allow you to go to a
specific page on that site after authentication.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Bill Rausch <BRausch(a)owt.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> In certain circumstances controlled by my users, I'd like to redirect my
> users to another site, a third party whom we have contracted with. The
> second site uses basic authentication with a simple username and password.
> Can I write my PHP code so my users do not have to login (or even know the
> username/password) on the remote site?
>
> This isn't intended to stop serious hackers, just enough security to stop
> casual passers-by.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
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From: "Jay Blanchard" on 3 Mar 2010 15:20
[snip]
In certain circumstances controlled by my users, I'd like to redirect
my users to another site, a third party whom we have contracted with.
The second site uses basic authentication with a simple username and
password. Can I write my PHP code so my users do not have to login
(or even know the username/password) on the remote site?

This isn't intended to stop serious hackers, just enough security to
stop casual passers-by.
[/snip]

Have a look at cURL (http://www.php.net/curl) as it will allow you to
perform remote POST's which may be enough to get you through.
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