How to make the path in the web browser not to be seen/encrypted

[ewwachi]

Please help me out I do not want users to see the path of information on the web browser.How do i go about it

example of path

http://localhost/cmp/certs/certs.php?cid=4 1350

I don't want users to see the path especially the number cid=41350 for security reasons.

regards emmah

[Atli]

Hey.

If you want to pass data with a request without putting it in the URL you typically use a POST request. A normal browser won't do that by default though. You would have to use a <form> or somehow simulate a form. (By using AJAX, for example.)

Please note, though, that this doesn't really "secure" anything. It just hides it from being obviously visible. It will still be fairly easily visible if people are determined to find it.

You can also try encrypting the data. For that check out the mcrypt extension.

[ewwachi]

Sori i forgot to mention i need the code in php but I'll look further into what you've said

[chathura86]

<?php
    define('SALT', 'whateveryouwant');
   
    function encrypt($text)
    {
        return trim(base64_encode(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SALT, $text, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB), MCRYPT_RAND))));
    }

    function decrypt($text)
    {
        return trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SALT, base64_decode($text), MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB), MCRYPT_RAND)));
    }
?>

above methods will help you to encrypt and decrypt data

so when you have a url to display

<a href="http://localhost/cmp/certs/certs.php?cid=<?php echo encrypt('4020'); ?>" >link</a>

to get the variable

<?php

$cid = decrypt($_GET['cid']);

?>

Regards
Chathura Bamunusinghe