Is there a reliable way, using PHP, to determine if a request comes from the same host that the PHP script is hosted on? In other words, is there a way to determine if the client and server computer are the same?
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Is there a reliable way, using PHP, to determine if a request comes from the same host that the PHP script is hosted on? In other words, is there a way to determine if the client and server computer are the same?
Hmm, it sounds like a token mechanism that is commonly used to prevent CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) might be a solution to your problem. This will allow you to be sure the request is coming from a source by comparing tokens, etc. Here are a couple links with more implementation details: here and here