07/10/2010 

Kohana HTTPS redirect

To redirect to https in Kohana use the site function in the URL class to create the URL.

eg

$url = URL::site(Route::get('ROUTE_NAME')->uri(), 'https');
Request::Instance()->redirect($url);

To force actions to be loaded using https I do something like this:

The main template controller:

class Controller_Whitelabel extends Controller_Template
{
 
public $ssl_required = false; //controller-wide ssl required
public $ssl_actions = false; //action specific ssl required
 
public function before()
{
 
  parent::before();
 
  $this->sslRedirect();
 
   ..........
}
 
private function sslRedirect()
{
 
   $action_name = Request::instance()->action;
 
   if ( ($this->ssl_required) || (is_array($this->ssl_actions) && in_array($action_name, $this->ssl_actions) ) )
   {
 
      if (Request::$protocol == 'http')
      {
         Request::Instance()->redirect(URL::site(Request::Instance()->uri, 'https'));
      }
 
   }
   else
   {
      if (Request::$protocol == 'https')
      {
         Request::Instance()->redirect(URL::site(Request::Instance()->uri, 'http'));
      }
   }
 
   }

It allows you to set either all actions to require ssl, or only specific ones.

Example Controller where all actions require ssl:

class Controller_Payment extends Controller_Whitelabel {
 
   public $ssl_required = true;
 
   ......
}

Example Controller where only the index & list actions require ssl:

class Controller_Payment extends Controller_Whitelabel {
 
   public $ssl_actions = array('index', 'list');
 
   public function action_index()
   {
   }
 
   public function action_list()
   {
   }
 
   public function action_view()
   {
   }
}

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One Response to “Kohana HTTPS redirect”

  1. Pedro 28/12/2010 at 5:50 pm #

    Great hack, works perfect!

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