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FormsAuthentication to PHP

Kim André Akerø

2006-09-24, 6:59 pm

Hi guys and gals!

I posted a message over at comp.lang.php/alt.php, but if anyone in here
knows how to get around this one, do let me know....

And instead of repeating myself, here's my post:
http://message-id.net/%3C4ncosuF9m4...dividual.net%3E

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Toby Inkster

2006-09-24, 7:00 pm

Kim AndrÃ© AkerÃ¸ wrote:

> http://message-id.net/%3C4ncosuF9m4...dividual.net%3E

Two words: web service.

Firstly, in ASP, in some private area your visitors don't really need to
care about, create an ASP script that does roughly this:

<%
// pseudo-code -- my ASP is very rusty
String encryptedcookie = Request.Query("ec");
String cookie = AspFunctionToDecryptIt(encryptedcookie);
Response.write(cookie);
%>

Now, say that ASP script is located at "http://localhost/_priv/cookie.asp".

Your PHP script can now call that ASP script to do the decryption:

<?php
$encryptedcookie = $_COOKIE["FormsAuth"];
$aspscript = "http://localhost/_priv/cookie.asp";
$cookie = file("{$aspscript}?ec={$encryptedcookie}");
$cookie = $cookie[0]; # only interested in first part of array
?>

Magic.

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