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Posted by Martie on 02/28/06 19:00
In article <w6JMf.16$ia3.11@fed1read08>, Johnny says...
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>"Martie" <martienospammin@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>news:dtvhcf0h5q@drn.newsguy.com...
>> In article <7naMf.2574$p43.2221@fed1read05>, Johnny says...
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>> >"David Haynes" <david.haynes2@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> >news:PG5Mf.9897$2a4.2573@fe71.usenetserver.com...
>> >> henshu wrote:
>> >> > Complete n00b question yet again. Anyone know a way to make PHP pull
>a
>> >> > "file list" (know as dir in windows, ls in *nix, etc) for a specific
>> >> > directory, and have PHP print the results onto the page?
>> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dir.php
>> >> Look at the opendir, readdir and closedir functions.
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>> >> -david-
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>> >but be aware that on most servers the openbase restrictions prevent from
>> >reading outside your own directories.
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>> Just to clarify, did you mean those functions are limited to the
>directories
>> inside your normal web space? I usually try to rely on the built-in PHP
>> functions than using exec() type commands. Thanks!
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>Not sure if it's me you're asking.. but
>I had trouble finding the refs as google jacks up searching for those terms
>as there are underscores involved
>here:
>http://us3.php.net/features.safe-mode
>and
>http://www.php.net/security-note.php
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>the built in php fns won't get you outside of your base dir on most servers.
>you get opnbase errors. those same servers will also most likely stop you
>from using exec() to do similar as well.
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Thanks for the reply. I took a look at the php.ini file along with the links you
provided and cleared things up for me. Thanks for the information.
Martie
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