it's not about user's security, cauz, of course, user'll have to specify the
page.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Nitin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "PHP-General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] How to read remote files


> Nitin wrote:
>
> > I'm having a problem, hope to get some suggestios on the same.
> > Here it goes:
> >
> > I've an application where I need to read an html file stored on user's
pc through my PHP script and send an email to specified addresses.
> >
> > Problem is how to read a file on user's pc as I cann't allow them to
upload any file to my server. My script will also detect any pictures
attached and embed those to the message.
>
> Ummm... NO. You can't just read a file on a user's computer. There is
> such a thing as security for most of us. :)
>
> The user needs to upload it, ftp it, or run their own server to give you
> access to it.
>
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