POST redirect and security

[Mirkules]

Hi All,

 

I have a form that is being submitted to a "middle layer" php script which is then supposed to redirect (along with the POST variables) to a secure site.  The prevalent method of doing this is through the fsockopen() method writing the header information directly.

 

However, since I am redirecting to a 3rd party secure site, I am wondering if this method is secure.  It just doesn't seem very elegant, especially since the URL doesn't change to HTTPS.

 

Here is the code for the fsockopen() method: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/12039/fid/51

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Mirkules