Can you determine where a request originates from in PHP script?

<?php // RAY_cookie_safety.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);


// DEMONSTRATE HOW TO ENCODE INFORMATION IN A COOKIE
// TO REDUCE THE RISK OF COOKIE TAMPERING


// A DATA DELIMITER
$dlm = '|';

// YOUR OWN SECRET CODE
$secret_code = 'MY SECRET';

// A DATA STRING THAT WE WANT TO STORE (MIGHT BE A DB KEY)
$cookie_value = 'MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB';

// ENCODE THE DATA STRING TOGETHER WITH OUR SECRET
$cookie_code = md5($cookie_value . $secret_code);

// CONSTRUCT THE COOKIE STRING WITH THE CLEAR TEXT AND THE CODED STRING
$safe_cookie_value = $cookie_value . $dlm . $cookie_code;

// SET THE COOKIE LIKE "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB|cf783c37f18d007d23483b11759ec181"
setcookie('safe_cookie', $safe_cookie_value);



// WHEN STORED, THE COOKIE WILL BE URL-ENCODED SO IT WILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON THE BROWSER
// MARY+HAD+A+LITTLE+LAMB%7Ccf783c37f18d007d23483b11759ec181
// IT WILL BE URL-DECODED BEFORE IT IS PRESENTED TO PHP



// HOW TO TEST THE COOKIE
if (isset($_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]))
{
    // BREAK THE COOKIE VALUE APART AT THE DELIMITER
    $array = explode($dlm, $_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]);

    // ENCODE THE DATA STRING TOGETHER WITH OUT SECRET
    $cookie_test = md5($array[0] . $secret_code);

    // IF THE MD5 CODES DO NOT MATCH, THE COOKIE IS NO LONGER INTACT
    if ($cookie_test == $array[1])
    {
        echo "<br/>THE COOKIE {$_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]} IS INTACT";
    }
    else
    {
        echo "<br/>THE COOKIE {$_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]} IS CORRUPT";
    }
}
else
{
    die('COOKIE IS SET - REFRESH THE BROWSER WINDOW NOW');
}




// MUNG THE COOKIE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT HAPPENS WITH A CORRUPT COOKIE
$_COOKIE["safe_cookie"] = str_replace('MARY', 'FRED', $_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]);

// HOW TO TEST THE COOKIE
if (isset($_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]))
{
    // BREAK THE COOKIE VALUE APART AT THE DELIMITER
    $array = explode($dlm, $_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]);

    // ENCODE THE DATA STRING TOGETHER WITH OUT SECRET
    $cookie_test = md5($array[0] . $secret_code);

    // IF THE MD5 CODES DO NOT MATCH, THE COOKIE IS NO LONGER INTACT
    if ($cookie_test == $array[1])
    {
        echo "<br/>THE COOKIE {$_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]} IS INTACT";
    }
    else
    {
        echo"<br/>THE COOKIE {$_COOKIE["safe_cookie"]} IS CORRUPT";
    }
}

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