Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-29 Thread Micky Hulse
Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema wrote: Ah, thanks. Misunderstood the question, then. Thought just checking if it's a file in that directory was what's needed. You were right. :) I did not plan on looking-in anything other than one or two hard-coded folder locations. But, it is good to know the details. ;)

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-29 Thread Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:39:49 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 16:50 +0200, Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:47:02 +0100, Stut wrote: >> > Micky Hulse wrote: >> >> I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two >> >> strings: >> >> >> >>

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Robert Cummings wrote: Readfile works great, it's the same as file_get_contents() and then Ah, good to hear. :D issuing an echo. You may want to also stored content generated by web users outside of the web tree. There may not be any issue with how you [...] with PHP tags and accesses it dir

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 17:07 -0700, Micky Hulse wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Robert Cummings wrote: > > How are these saved files then imported into the content? Are they > > included or do you retrieve the contents using something like file(), > > file_get_contents(), or fread() and then echo it? If yo

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi Robert, Robert Cummings wrote: How are these saved files then imported into the content? Are they included or do you retrieve the contents using something like file(), file_get_contents(), or fread() and then echo it? If you are using Currently I am using readfile() (plus some other securit

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 16:28 -0700, Micky Hulse wrote: > Wow, thanks for all the great information folks (Stut, Ivo, Rob, and David.) > > I really appreciate all of the top-notch advice and expert information. :D > > Looks like I have a lot to think about... > > Currently, I hard-code the paths t

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 16:50 +0200, Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:47:02 +0100, Stut wrote: > > > Micky Hulse wrote: > >> I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two > >> strings: > >> > >> /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/ > >> /folder1/folder2/folder3/

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Wow, thanks for all the great information folks (Stut, Ivo, Rob, and David.) I really appreciate all of the top-notch advice and expert information. :D Looks like I have a lot to think about... Currently, I hard-code the paths to the folders that house the files I want my CMS to edit (via a co

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Robert Cummings
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 09:47 +0100, Stut wrote: > Micky Hulse wrote: > > I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two > > strings: > > > > /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/ > > /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/file.php > > > > Basically I am trying to setup as many security

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:47:02 +0100, Stut wrote: > Micky Hulse wrote: >> I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two >> strings: >> >> /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/ >> /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/file.php >> >> Basically I am trying to setup as many security featu

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread David Tulloh
Micky Hulse wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two > strings: > > /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/ > /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/file.php > > Basically I am trying to setup as many security features as possible for > a simplistic (home-grown/ha

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Micky Hulse
Stut wrote: First of all make sure you are sending both strings through realpath (http://php.net/realpath) to remove any symbolic links and relative references. Then you can compare the two strings. The way you're doing it will work but it's probably not very efficient. This is what I use... $va

Re: [PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-28 Thread Stut
Micky Hulse wrote: > I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two > strings: > > /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/ > /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/file.php > > Basically I am trying to setup as many security features as possible for > a simplistic (home-grown/hand-coded)

[PHP] Comparing strings... need advice. :)

2006-08-27 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, I am looking for the most secure/efficient way to compare these two strings: /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/ /folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/file.php Basically I am trying to setup as many security features as possible for a simplistic (home-grown/hand-coded) CMS... This appears to wo