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Created January 17, 2019 17:15
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Simple PHP / jQuery CSRF Protection
<?php
// See: http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2013/02/preventing-csrf-attacks.html
// Start a session (which should use cookies over HTTP only).
session_start();
// Create a new CSRF token.
if (! isset($_SESSION['csrf_token'])) {
$_SESSION['csrf_token'] = base64_encode(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(32));
}
// Check a POST is valid.
if (isset($_POST['csrf_token']) && $_POST['csrf_token'] === $_SESSION['csrf_token']) {
// POST data is valid.
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>PHP CSRF Protection</title>
<script>
window.csrf = { csrf_token: '<?php echo $_SESSION['csrf_token']; ?>' };
$.ajaxSetup({
data: window.csrf
});
$(document).ready(function() {
// CSRF token is now automatically merged in AJAX request data.
$.post('/awesome/ajax/url', { foo: 'bar' }, function(data) {
console.log(data);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="index.php" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8">
<input type="text" name="foo" />
<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['csrf_token']; ?>" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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