PHP - redirect user from page meant for asynchronous JavaScript requests

Asked Mar 29 '21 at 22:07

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I have a PHP file called load.php I load content from asynchronously with JavaScript on my website example.com.

I want to redirect the user off the page if they try to go to example.com/load.php directly, but still return data if it's being requested through my JavaScript. How do I do this?

<?php 

//load.php

// Redirect user if they try to access example.com/load.php directly. Only accept asynchronously calls.

echo "example";

?>

<script>

var load = {
  url: 'https://example.com/load.php?q=example',
  type: "GET",
  success: function( data ) {
        console.log(data);
  }
};
$.ajax( load );

</static>

asked Mar 29 '21 at 22:07

Steve Alereza

Short answer: you can't reliably do that. If you want to try, check for request headers like `X-Requested-With` as outlined in some of the answers to the duplicate. – miken32 Mar 29 '21 at 22:16
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Thank you!!!!!!!! – Steve Alereza Mar 29 '21 at 22:23
Use a `POST` request instead. Without CORS access, no one will be able to `POST` to your page anyways, then. – StackSlave Mar 29 '21 at 22:47
Oh that's super smart. Thanks Stack Slave – Steve Alereza Mar 29 '21 at 23:58

PHP - redirect user from page meant for asynchronous JavaScript requests

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