Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Another way you can get around passing info to the server is to use hidden fields and make the entire page into a form with each link in turn submitting the form to the target script. You avoid putting sensitive info into the address bar and you can take advantage of header encryption if you need it. Regards, David --- Ashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a unique problem that may be able to be solved another way, but I don't know how. What I need to do is pass a variable from a vbscript into php for use. I am using vbscript to access an activeX control on the computer that grabs the currently logged in user. This works fine, but I cannot determine how I can get that value into php so that I can use it. This is for an Intranet app. Basically I want to use the currently logged in user so that they don't have to log into the Intranet app. I am running this on a Netware 6.5 server running Apache 2.5. This may not be the best way to go about this, but it is the only thing that I have been able to find so I am open to suggestions. Thanks in advance, Ashley -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Please address replies to the list --- Rory Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure how you'd go about this from a security point of view, but perhaps for an Intranet, you could, check their IP address from $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], and check your login server to see who is logged in from that IP. Perhaps considering that you seem to have a way of providing such information to the Browser, you could use cookies. For your clientside code you could do something like the following: Bare in mind that I don't really know vbs, and the usual disclaimers apply. script type=text/vbscript for each tree in NWSess1.ConnectedTrees anyTree=tree.FullName anyUser=NWSess1.LoginName(anyTree) document.cookie=userid= + anyUser + ; + document.cookie next /script You can then get the information then in PHP using $_COOKIE['userid']. I wouldn't normally advocate such a solution, you're relying on the user to tell you their name, and to tell you it accurately. You are assuming that they can't change document.cookie to userid=somebody_elses_name. That assumption only holds true if the person in question doesn't know how to use a browser. The situation you're describing suggests a strong lack of security. On Apr 5, 2005 1:28 PM, David Bevan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another way you can get around passing info to the server is to use hidden fields and make the entire page into a form with each link in turn submitting the form to the target script. You avoid putting sensitive info into the address bar and you can take advantage of header encryption if you need it. Regards, David --- Ashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a unique problem that may be able to be solved another way, but I don't know how. What I need to do is pass a variable from a vbscript into php for use. I am using vbscript to access an activeX control on the computer that grabs the currently logged in user. This works fine, but I cannot determine how I can get that value into php so that I can use it. This is for an Intranet app. Basically I want to use the currently logged in user so that they don't have to log into the Intranet app. I am running this on a Netware 6.5 server running Apache 2.5. This may not be the best way to go about this, but it is the only thing that I have been able to find so I am open to suggestions. Thanks in advance, Ashley -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Ok, apparently I wasn't clear enough with my explanation due to the responses I have received. I have a webserver (not on the same computer as the users) that is hosting an Intranet app. I want to obtain the username of the current person logged into the workstation that is connecting to the Intranet. From what I have read this is impossible to accomplish from the server without prompting for a username/password. I found an activeX control (called NWSess from Novell) that will provide the currently logged in user. The problem is that I need to take this variable (provided by the activeX control to a vbscript) and pass it to PHP so that it can be used. I don't typically use vbscript so I would really like to put the variable in PHP so that I can use it for other things. I hope this explains what I am trying to accomplish a little better and thank you for the responses thus far. Ashley Burhan Khalid wrote: Ashley wrote: I have a unique problem that may be able to be solved another way, but I don't know how. What I need to do is pass a variable from a vbscript into php for use. I am using vbscript to access an activeX control on the computer that grabs the currently logged in user. This works fine, but I cannot determine how I can get that value into php so that I can use it. If PHP is running on the same computer that the user is logged into, then you can use $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'] to get the current logged in user. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Ashley wrote: Ok, apparently I wasn't clear enough with my explanation due to the responses I have received. I have a webserver (not on the same computer as the users) that is hosting an Intranet app. I want to obtain the username of the current person logged into the workstation that is connecting to the Intranet. OK. From what I have read this is impossible to accomplish from the server without prompting for a username/password. I found an activeX control (called NWSess from Novell) that will provide the currently logged in user. sarcasmApparently it's not impossible to do this without prompting for the username / password then eh?/sarcasm ActiveX controls are in the COM family. If you don't know about COM then you can start by looking here: http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx Now... when you find the list of commands / variables that you will need from the ActiveX container then you can make those calls with PHP. The relevant part of the PHP manual is: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php P.S. this sounds pretty interesting. I (and probably others) would appreciate it if you would post back to the list with a [SOLVED] response that shows PHP code you used to get this working. -- Teach a man to fish... NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-generalw=2 STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php LAZY | http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHPsubmitform=Find+search+plugins signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Just so that I don't start working in the wrong direction, do you mean that I can get the same information from the activeX control directly from PHP rather than having to do it with vbscript? I am not much of a coder so any help porting the vbscript to PHP would be great. The code that I am using to get the information from the activeX control is: -- script type=text/vbscript for each tree in NWSess1.ConnectedTrees anyTree=tree.FullName anyUser=NWSess1.LoginName(anyTree) output=output+Tree:+anyTree+, userID:+anyUser+vbcrlf next //msgbox output /script -- I found this code on Novell's site so I didn't make this myself. In the mean time, I will look at the information that you gave me and see if I can figure it out. Thanks, Ashley Jason Barnett wrote: Ashley wrote: Ok, apparently I wasn't clear enough with my explanation due to the responses I have received. I have a webserver (not on the same computer as the users) that is hosting an Intranet app. I want to obtain the username of the current person logged into the workstation that is connecting to the Intranet. OK. From what I have read this is impossible to accomplish from the server without prompting for a username/password. I found an activeX control (called NWSess from Novell) that will provide the currently logged in user. sarcasmApparently it's not impossible to do this without prompting for the username / password then eh?/sarcasm ActiveX controls are in the COM family. If you don't know about COM then you can start by looking here: http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx Now... when you find the list of commands / variables that you will need from the ActiveX container then you can make those calls with PHP. The relevant part of the PHP manual is: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php P.S. this sounds pretty interesting. I (and probably others) would appreciate it if you would post back to the list with a [SOLVED] response that shows PHP code you used to get this working. -- Teach a man to fish... NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-generalw=2 STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php LAZY | http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHPsubmitform=Find+search+plugins -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Ok, I did a quick scan of the COM section on PHP's site (linked below) and found this requirement: COM functions are only available for the Windows version of PHP. In my first post, I mentioned that I am running my webserver on a Netware 6.5 server. In light of this I am guessing that this suggestion will not work. Is this in fact the case or is there another way around this? Ashley Jason Barnett wrote: Ashley wrote: Ok, apparently I wasn't clear enough with my explanation due to the responses I have received. I have a webserver (not on the same computer as the users) that is hosting an Intranet app. I want to obtain the username of the current person logged into the workstation that is connecting to the Intranet. OK. From what I have read this is impossible to accomplish from the server without prompting for a username/password. I found an activeX control (called NWSess from Novell) that will provide the currently logged in user. sarcasmApparently it's not impossible to do this without prompting for the username / password then eh?/sarcasm ActiveX controls are in the COM family. If you don't know about COM then you can start by looking here: http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx Now... when you find the list of commands / variables that you will need from the ActiveX container then you can make those calls with PHP. The relevant part of the PHP manual is: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php P.S. this sounds pretty interesting. I (and probably others) would appreciate it if you would post back to the list with a [SOLVED] response that shows PHP code you used to get this working. -- Teach a man to fish... NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-generalw=2 STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php LAZY | http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHPsubmitform=Find+search+plugins -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Ashley wrote: Just so that I don't start working in the wrong direction, do you mean that I can get the same information from the activeX control directly from PHP rather than having to do it with vbscript? Yes, that is exactly what I mean. I am not much of a coder so any help porting the vbscript to PHP would be great. The code that I am using to get the information from the activeX control is: -- script type=text/vbscript for each tree in NWSess1.ConnectedTrees anyTree=tree.FullName anyUser=NWSess1.LoginName(anyTree) output=output+Tree:+anyTree+, userID:+anyUser+vbcrlf next //msgbox output /script -- You should be able to translate all of the above code into PHP. Send us another message if you have trouble with some part of it. Exact process will depend on PHP4/PHP5 though. Again, refer to this link: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php Personally, I'd code this for use in a PHP5 parser. -- Teach a man to fish... NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-generalw=2 STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php LAZY | http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHPsubmitform=Find+search+plugins signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
One way you can do it is to put an invisible iframe on the same page as
the object which provides you the user information. When you get, via
vbscript or javascript, the userid, then you set the src property of the
iframe to that of a page where you will process that info, appended with
the information taken from the object.
iframe id=iframename/iframe
object id=objectname blah, blah, blah /
Asiming the property of the ActiveX object you want to send to the PHP
server is called UserId, whenever you are sure you can read it (perhaps an
event or whatever) you do:
document.getElementById('iframename').src = 'ValidateUser.php?UserId=' +
document.getElementById('objectname').UserId
The page ValidateUser.php would receive the UserId as an argument in the URL
(and you can add as many as you want) and may reply with whatever response
is apropriate. That answer will go into the body of the iframe document.
Thus, assuming that you reply with a 0 or 1, you will get that by having an
function attached to the onLoad event of the iframe. The onLoad will be
triggered when a response is finally received.
The reply you will get as
document.getElementById('iframename').document.body.innerHTML
which you could check by doing a:
iframe id=iframename
onLoad=alert(document.getElementById('iframename').document.body.innerHTML);
/
Satyam
Ashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, apparently I wasn't clear enough with my explanation due to the
responses I have received.
I have a webserver (not on the same computer as the users) that is hosting
an Intranet app. I want to obtain the username of the current person
logged into the workstation that is connecting to the Intranet.
From what I have read this is impossible to accomplish from the server
without prompting for a username/password. I found an activeX control
(called NWSess from Novell) that will provide the currently logged in
user.
The problem is that I need to take this variable (provided by the activeX
control to a vbscript) and pass it to PHP so that it can be used. I don't
typically use vbscript so I would really like to put the variable in PHP
so that I can use it for other things.
I hope this explains what I am trying to accomplish a little better and
thank you for the responses thus far.
Ashley
Burhan Khalid wrote:
Ashley wrote:
I have a unique problem that may be able to be solved another way, but I
don't know how.
What I need to do is pass a variable from a vbscript into php for use.
I am using vbscript to access an activeX control on the computer that
grabs the currently logged in user. This works fine, but I cannot
determine how I can get that value into php so that I can use it.
If PHP is running on the same computer that the user is logged into, then
you can use $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'] to get the current logged in user.
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RE: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
From what I have read this is impossible to accomplish from the server without prompting for a username/password. I found an activeX control (called NWSess from Novell) that will provide the currently logged in user. You have not mentioned what network you are running. IF it is a Windows network, AND you run PHP on IIS, the server variable NT_AUTH_USER is defined for you. However, I suspect from the fact that you are looking at COM objects from Novell that you are running a Novell network. sarcasmApparently it's not impossible to do this without prompting for the username / password then eh?/sarcasm ActiveX controls are in the COM family. If you don't know about COM then you can start by looking here: http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx Now... when you find the list of commands / variables that you will need from the ActiveX container then you can make those calls with PHP. The relevant part of the PHP manual is: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php P.S. this sounds pretty interesting. I (and probably others) would appreciate it if you would post back to the list with a [SOLVED] response that shows PHP code you used to get this working. However, I believe this response was a little hasty as I do not believe that the question involves running an ActiveX Control on a server, but on a client. In this case, the variables that are passed into your VBScript need to be then added to an HTML form (via hidden input tags) and the form needs to be submitted. Thing is though, this means transmitting user network login details via POST and this means that it would be possible for anyone on your network to watch this traffic and get logins for anybody that uses your system. Maybe a better solution in this case would be to associate a user account with a network login when the account is created and store this information in your user database. HTH, Mikey -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Ashley wrote: I have a unique problem that may be able to be solved another way, but I don't know how. What I need to do is pass a variable from a vbscript into php for use. I am using vbscript to access an activeX control on the computer that grabs the currently logged in user. This works fine, but I cannot determine how I can get that value into php so that I can use it. If PHP is running on the same computer that the user is logged into, then you can use $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'] to get the current logged in user. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] pass variable from vbscript to php
Ashley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Friday, April 01, 2005 2:32 PM said: I have a unique problem that may be able to be solved another way, but I don't know how. Another way? What's the first way? :| What I need to do is pass a variable from a vbscript into php for use. I am using vbscript to access an activeX control on the computer that grabs the currently logged in user. This works fine, but I cannot determine how I can get that value into php so that I can use it. [snip /] This may not be the best way to go about this, but it is the only thing that I have been able to find so I am open to suggestions. I must be missing something. Where is the first way? In any case, here is another way: You need to pass the variable through the querystring: http://intranet/page.php?yourvariable=yourvalue HTH, Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
