Server & DevOps
CORS Header Configurator
Whitelist exactly which origins, methods and headers may call your API — and get matching CORS config for Nginx, Apache, Express, PHP and Next.js in one tool. Credential-mode safety checks included, so you fix CORS errors without opening your API to the world.
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The CORS Configuration Generator builds a matching set of Cross-Origin Resource Sharing snippets for five platforms at once: an Nginx add_header block with a proper origin whitelist map and preflight handler, an Apache .htaccess version using SetEnvIf and mod_headers, a dependency-free Express middleware, a plain PHP header() snippet, and a Next.js next.config.js headers() entry. Enter your allowed origins one per line, tick the HTTP methods, edit the allowed and exposed header lists, choose a preflight max-age, and toggle credentials — the tool validates every origin, echoes only whitelisted origins back, and refuses the invalid combination of credentials with a wildcard origin.
CORS errors are among the most common and most misunderstood problems in web development, and most fixes pasted from forums simply allow everything. This free tool by Hosting Cambodia gives developers and sysadmins in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and across Cambodia and beyond a safe, correct whitelist configuration for APIs consumed by separate frontends, complete with a short explanation of how the browser preflight actually works. Copy the snippet for your stack and reload — the same settings produce identical behaviour on every platform.
Frequently asked questions
Why can I not use Allow-Credentials together with the * origin?
The CORS specification forbids it: when a request carries cookies or HTTP authentication, the browser rejects any response whose Access-Control-Allow-Origin is the wildcard. You must echo back one specific, whitelisted origin instead, which is exactly what the generated snippets do.
What is a preflight request and why does OPTIONS matter?
Before sending a cross-origin request with custom headers, JSON content types, or methods like PUT and DELETE, the browser first sends an OPTIONS request asking for permission. The server must answer it with the allowed origin, methods, and headers, which is why every generated snippet includes an explicit preflight handler.
Does CORS protect my API from attackers?
No. CORS is enforced only by browsers to protect users on other websites; it does nothing against curl, scripts, or server-to-server calls. Treat it as a browser courtesy layer and protect the API itself with authentication, rate limiting, and HTTPS.
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