Blocking external access to script

[samhai]

Hi,

 

I have a PHP file on my server that i would like when visited by anyone through the net it will redirect to the main website.

I need that file is be able to be called from a javascript include though.

 

Someone posted the line below (on the php/manual site i believe) but it wont work for me.

if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] !== '127.0.0.1') die(header("Location: /"));

 

$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] always seems to resolve to my PC ip address

 

 

The reason i want this is i am implemented google maps API and there is a PHP script that will return an XML file of a database dump. I want my javascript to be able to call that php file.

 

Any ideas on how i can implement this ?

[Deoctor]

if ur accessing the file using the

http://localhost/<filename.php>

then it should show u the remote address as 127.0.0.1

 

but where as if u are accessing the file using ur ipaddress then it will be ur ip address..

 

http://<ip-adress>/<filename.php>

 

then it will show as <ip-adress>

[samhai]

if im calling from a javascript include, would that not put in localhost from my machine.

[Deoctor]

lol...i dont know javascript...

[samhai]

yeah - its client side processing.

 

Ill try your suggestion and hopefully someone else will drop by.

thanks

[trq]

Any file you want to call via Javascript (client side) will need to be publicly accessible (so the client can get it).