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#218224 06/08/2002 7:51 AM
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Since cookies don't work (especially on the login page.,
if the bookmark URL to the forum was set to
http://forum.de/
or
http://122.122.122.122/
instead of
http://www.forum.de/ (www. is needed!)

and some of my users have difficulties now to login,
I badly need a solution.

I cannot fix all wrong links or bookmarks floating around on the web that are going to the forum. So I need a checking in THREADS whether the URL is used right, and if not, refresh the page with the URL fixed. - Is that possible?



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You might try something like this:

code:
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] != 'www.forum.de') {
header('Location: http://www.forum.de/');
exit;
}



If your PHP version is earlier than 4.1.0, use $HTTP_SERVER_VARS instead of $_SERVER.

I'm not sure if it will do what you want, or where it should be placed, but maybe it's a starting point.

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Looks like you hit the nail on the head Dave. Nice.

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Thanks, I will try your code.

I also found a workaround, that I placed in login.php.
I wonder which code is safer, probably my if statement,
which uses THREADS code and is PHP independent.
And your redirect code..


My workaround for the login.php page was:

after:
code:

// --------------------------------
// require the proper language file
require "languages/$w3t_language/login.php";


insert in login.php:
code:

// HACK URL correction
if (!stristr(find_environmental('HTTP_REFERER'),"www.")) {
echo <<<REDIR
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1;url={$config['phpurl']}/login.php">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
REDIR;
exit; }

// Hack end


Last edited by caymuc; 06/08/2002 8:54 AM.
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Your code is just fine too.
Guess it's just a matter of choice now.

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Actually, my code had a problem

For all who consider using it, here
is the code that I am now perfect with:
code:

// HACK um richtige URL einzufuegen:
$Right_Host = "www.mydomain.com"; //put your domain here!
$Goto_URL = "http://" . $Right_Host . find_environmental('PHP_SELF');
if (!stristr(find_environmental('HTTP_HOST'),$Right_Host)) {
header('Location: ' . $Goto_URL);
exit;
}
// end Hack



Belongs before anything else right to the top of the ubbt.inc.php

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posted by caymuc:
Actually, my code had a problem

For all who consider using it, here
is the code that I am now perfect with:
code:

// HACK um richtige URL einzufuegen:
$Right_Host = "www.mydomain.com"; //put your domain here!
$Goto_URL = "http://" . $Right_Host . find_environmental('PHP_SELF');
if (!stristr(find_environmental('HTTP_HOST'),$Right_Host)) {
header('Location: ' . $Goto_URL);
exit;
}
// end Hack



Belongs before anything else right to the top of the ubbt.inc.php



Did that...

Got this at the top of my forums..

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /sky/www/dancesafe.org/html/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php:2) in /sky/www/dancesafe.org/html/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php on line 1674

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Interesting, I will dig into that

Ahm, where did you place the code. After the comments (what I want to say, after the opening "<?") and before other PHP code?

Last edited by caymuc; 06/20/2002 3:05 AM.
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After the UBB intro/disclaimer text
Right after where it said */

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Hi,

there's another solution using the .htaccess file. For me it works fine. Thats part of my .htaccess file residing in the forum-folder:

/forum/.htaccess
code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Rewrite Rule for leading www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} www.forum.de$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://forum.de$1 [L]



*edit* hmmm, just found out it won't work, if you try to access over www.forum.de/ubbtreads.php. Just calling www.forum.de works fine. But anything added to the domain after / does not. Any Apache experts here? *edit*

Last edited by Maze; 06/21/2002 6:44 AM.
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Is the problem gone if you switch it off (by putting a /* before and a */ after the hack)?
I cannot see where this little 3 line hack could be the course of your problem.

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The hack worked just fine for me as posted.

But in the past I've learned that a blank line or space somewhere (when I copied and pasted) can cause trouble.

I usually go back and start over, and it fixes any warnings like this.


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