Re: [PHP] automatically updating software

2002-11-11 Thread Charles Wiltgen
Ernest E Vogelsinger wrote... >> You could use eval(), but that didn't work for me since I had mixed >> PHP/XHTML. > > Why wouldn't it work? Your example worked wonderfully, but I wasn't able to make eval() work with mixed PHP/XHTML content (which is what I'm creating). -- Charles Wiltgen --

Re: [PHP] automatically updating software

2002-11-11 Thread Justin French
on 12/11/02 1:45 AM, Peter VanDijck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > But that's scary for the user (granting some company access to your > server???). Wouldn't they just be providing FTP access with a uname and pword to a specific directory or group of directories? Another idea: If you have user ma

Re: [PHP] automatically updating software

2002-11-11 Thread Charles Wiltgen
Peter VanDijck wrote... >> Security issues will prevent you from reading or writing any files that >> your PHP process doesn't have permissions for. In my experience, the only >> reliable way to do this is by using FTP using the username and password that >> the user will (presumably) give you. >

Re: [PHP] automatically updating software

2002-11-11 Thread Peter VanDijck
> > Some ideas so far (that will probably betray my ignorance :): - updating > > images will require write access that may introduce security issues? > > Security issues will prevent you from reading or writing any files that > your PHP process doesn't have permissions for. In my experience, the

Re: [PHP] automatically updating software

2002-11-11 Thread Charles Wiltgen
Peter VanDijck wrote... > I want to write some (browser based) software that will get installed on the > client's servers, and I want it to update automatically (as in Windows XP: new > updates are downloaded and presented for install). Can that be done with PHP? I've been considering something s

[PHP] automatically updating software

2002-11-11 Thread Peter VanDijck
Hi, I want to write some (browser based) software that will get installed on the client's servers, and I want it to update automatically (as in Windows XP: new updates are downloaded and presented for install). Can that be done with PHP? Some ideas so far (that will probably betray my ignorance :):