I have been working with PHP sessions and login protected pages for some time, but i want to start using some AJAX for managing some actions inside login protected pages (easy way with Jquery). I am new in world of ajax. Here is what i want to do: user logs in (classic no-ajax method), and wants to submit message. I make request with ajax to other page, where session is checked and message saved. Here is how start page look:
<?php
session_name('NEWSESSION');
session_start();
session_regenerate_id(true);
if(!$_SESSION['user_logged']){
header("location: login.php");
}
$sessionTTL = time() - $_SESSION["timeout"];
if ($sessionTTL > SES_LENGHT) {
session_destroy();
header("location: login.php");
}
?>
<!-- page header and all other html things here -->
<div id="returned_message"></div>
<textarea id="message">TEST</textarea>
<input type="" id="submit" value="Submit message">
<script>
$("#submit").click(function(){
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: {
action: 'submit_message',
message: $("#message").val();
},
url: '/save.php',
success: function(data) {
$('#returned_message').html(data);
}
});
});
</script>
And this is save.php where i send request (and sends "msg saved" alert):
<?php
session_name('NEWSESSION');
session_start();
session_regenerate_id(true);
if(!$_SESSION['user_logged']){
header("location: login.php");
}
$sessionTTL = time() - $_SESSION["timeout"];
if ($sessionTTL > SES_LENGHT) {
session_destroy();
header("location: login.php");
}
$username = $_SESSION['user_username'];
if($_POST["action"] == "save_message"){
/* PHP code for saving message */
echo "Message saved!";
}
?>
What i want to know, is this right way to do this? And how vulnerabe is this (is it more vulnerabe than to do it with classic PHP methods, with no fancy ajax things)? All suggestions are welcome.
