proxy-php

A simple PHP proxy that makes it possible to work around CORS limitations between a frontend and a backend server.

Overview

The request cycle is as follows

• the browser makes a request to "/$PROXYNAME/xx" on the frontend server
• the proxy script takes everything after "/$PROXYNAME/" and appends it to $CMS_SERVERHOST
• the proxy script makes a request to the resulting URL $CMS_SERVERHOST/xx on the backend server
• the response is directed back to the browser

Requirements

• PHP
• Apache mod_rewrite module
• Apache mod_setenvif module

Usage

Copy this folder to the document root of your frontend server and preferrably call the folder 'proxy'.

Adapt the settings.conf.php file and customize the following variables

// The URL of the backend server that browser requests should be proxied to
$CMS_SERVERHOST = 'http://example.com/';

// The path to the proxy script on the frontend server
$PROXYNAME = '/proxy/';