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I want to control internet (browser) via PHP

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My Dear Members,

I have a website . I have set all the browsers home page as my website , in my computer. My need is when any user open any browser in my computer , naturally it goes to my websites homepage and its home page is a registration form and a submit button . If the user trying to open another window , without clicking on submit button , he couldn't open another window.

I think you can understand my need . Actually i want to use this feature for my friends internet cafe . Any solution for this? Any other way to prevent browser without click on home page submit button?

Anybody knows the solution , pls pls help me

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Re: I want to control internet (browser) via PHP

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Head on over to SourceForge mucker. There are a number of applications that your friend can install on his PCs for internet cafe purposes, none make use of PHP I hasten to add.
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What you are describing, however vaguely, is a "kiosk". Firefox has several excellent extensions. As was stated previously, this has nothing to do with PHP. Search Google for how to make a kiosk. A good and secure solution is to use a basic Linux system with a custom session. The session is designed to automatically log in, open a browser to full screen, and if the user tries any funny business, it simply refreshes and resets. It's quite simple, all things considered, I've done it myself, it took under an hour to set up.

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greyhoundcode wrote:Head on over to SourceForge mucker. There are a number of applications that your friend can install on his PCs for internet cafe purposes, none make use of PHP I hasten to add.

Dear friend,

Thank you for your replay. I know there are so many sw available . I wish to add some more feature like user registration and available cabin etc .. via PHP and integrate with the total need . A user can login only after he fills his name ,address, and phone number . Thats why i wish to use php .

I have already developed a website for them , and i want to control system(even browser) via that site.
can u pls replay ..
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omniuni wrote:What you are describing, however vaguely, is a "kiosk". Firefox has several excellent extensions. As was stated previously, this has nothing to do with PHP. Search Google for how to make a kiosk. A good and secure solution is to use a basic Linux system with a custom session. The session is designed to automatically log in, open a browser to full screen, and if the user tries any funny business, it simply refreshes and resets. It's quite simple, all things considered, I've done it myself, it took under an hour to set up.

Good Luck.
Dear friend,

Thank you for your replay.pls read my first quote . moreover , i am (cafe) using windows XP and not possible to convert into LINUX ..
can u pls replay ..
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The Firefox extensions are cross-platform, being written in a sort of JavaScript, but keep in mind that Windows is simply not very secure. There are ways, and softwares, to get similar functionality, however. What you need to decide is what the end goal is, and how important security is. Possibly your best bet is to simply create a user account that has all permissions removed. You can even restrict the execution of iexplore.exe and explorer.exe. Place a FireFox icon on the desktop, and have the Kiosk extensions enabled, and you SHOULD be good to go.

Oh, and in your first post you didn't say anything about OS, so I had hoped for your sake that it was flexible. :wink:
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omniuni wrote:The Firefox extensions are cross-platform, being written in a sort of JavaScript, but keep in mind that Windows is simply not very secure. There are ways, and softwares, to get similar functionality, however. What you need to decide is what the end goal is, and how important security is. Possibly your best bet is to simply create a user account that has all permissions removed. You can even restrict the execution of iexplore.exe and explorer.exe. Place a FireFox icon on the desktop, and have the Kiosk extensions enabled, and you SHOULD be good to go.

Oh, and in your first post you didn't say anything about OS, so I had hoped for your sake that it was flexible. :wink:
Thank you friend

I have mentioned above that its for an internet cafe . some users need microsoft word, excel etc.. some need IE . we couldnt convert it in to linux . Thans for your advice. i will try with Kiosk thn i replay
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Configure all the computers to use a proxy server in the cafe, and make it so that any computer connecting through the proxy is redirected to your PHP page if they're not already authenticated.
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