Redirect API in PHP with POST data

Question

I created a new API that receives XML data in POST and responds in XML. The link is

localhost/api/rate.php

Now, users were already accessing the old version of this API using the following link,

localhost/rate.php

I need to redirect to the new link when the user hits the old link and displays the response from the new API to the user.

If I user header(location) the POST data does not get sent to the new API, so I'm out of options.

Why don't you just make them both point to the same function? Also have you considered using something like Laravel to make your API? — iJamesPHP2, Feb 19 '20 at 00:11

db1975 · Answer 1 · 2020-02-19T00:32:29.023

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you could do like this:

your rate.php:

<?php

function redirect($url) {
  $html = "<html><body><form id='form' action='$url' method='post'>";
  foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
    $html .= "<input type='hidden' name='$key' value='$value'>";
  }
  $html .= "</form><script>document.getElementById('form').submit();</script>";
  $html .= "</body></html>";
  print($html);
}

redirect('api/rate.php');

or safer:

.htaccess file with:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^rate.php(.*)$ /api/rate.php$1 [R=302]

edited Feb 19 '20 at 00:32

answered Feb 19 '20 at 00:19

db1975

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**Danger**: This code is [vulnerable to XSS](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/XSS) User input needs escaping before being inserted into an HTML document!. – Quentin Feb 19 '20 at 00:23
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This also breaks the back button. – Quentin Feb 19 '20 at 00:23

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