remote-access-webproxy

 A web proxy for IP/domain-protected content access (such as online libraries, content providers etc.). Built with php.

A web proxy for remote-content access built with php.

A simple, NOT anonymous web proxy that is useful for letting users access IP/domain-protected sites such as online libraries and content providers from wherever they are ("off-campus"). It is a simple and effective alternative to the commerical product "EZProxy".
The core functionality can be found within proxy.php which can very easily be plugged into an existing project. The additional files are absolutely enough for a simple system with a limited number of users, and can be modified an scaled to meet your needs (e.g. add a users database, multiple proxied hosts etc.)

Requirements

A webserver with support for:

• PHP
• cURL
• .htaccess

Installation

It's php, so there's not much hassle... Just upload the files to your webserver and, theoretically, you're ready to go.
However, when uploading the files to the server, web access to the root directory must not be in an internal folder. The base URL for the web proxy should be something like https://proxy.my-website.com/ and not https://www.my-website.com/proxy. That is to allow the proxied source to take over the web path.

Setup

1. Edit the hostname that you want proxied: Open index.php and edit the proxify() function:
   
   • Simple usage
     proxify('http', 'example.com');
     
   • Secured website
     proxify('https', 'example.com');
     
   • Proxy with some special functionality defined by you ("plugin" - read bellow for more info):
     proxify('http', 'example.com', 'plugin_name');
     
2. Edit predefined users: Open users and edit according to the following pattern (user details separated with :):
   

    email (username):md5-hashed password:name
   

   So for the user "John Doe" with the email "john@example.com" and with the password "12345" we'll have:
   

    john@example.com:827ccb0eea8a706c4c34a16891f84e7b:John Doe
   

   Each user is defined in a new line.
   
3. Surf to https://proxy-address, enter a user's details, and enjoy! (seriously). You can find the default user credentials below (see "additional useful info").
   

Plugins

The simple reason for using plugins is for being able to manipulate the response from the proxied host before you send it finally to the end-user. A plugin is simply a php file with an "init" function that receives the response as an array. From there, you can do whatever you want. You can even use it to do something else with the response and not output it to the end-user.
However, the most appealing reason I see for using a plugin is for tweaking the HTML response do change the webpage "just a little bit", e.g. add your organization logo or greet the user (after all, you the user's details).
A plugin should be:

• In a file named [plugin-name].plugin.php.
• With the function [plugin-name]_init($response) inside the file.

The $response parameter is an array with following keys/values:

1. content-type: the content (MIME) type of the response.
2. eff-url: the "effective" url - the actual URL of the page after redirects (if there were any)
3. body: the response body (as HTML, CSS, JS or whatever)

Additional useful info

• Bear in mind that all the cookies from the source are always forwarded the end-user.
• Any external call from the page (call for frames; JS; CSS;) are NOT proxied by default and that is because the proxy isn't intended to be anonymous and such calls are usually not restricted to a specific IP/domain. Direct requests to external assets make the user experience faster. If you want to proxy these too, you can use a plugin to overwrite URLs.
• Default user credentials:
  1. Username: user1@example.com; Password: 12345
  2. Username: user2@example.com; Password: 123456
  3. Username: user3@example.com; Password: 1234567
  
  from  https://github.com/nadavsn/php-remoteaccess-webproxy