On Dec 23, 2004, at 3:22 AM, Paolo Vernazza wrote:
Jay wrote:
<horrified expression>
You're altering tables you don't understand the structure of?
</horrified expression>
Think about a php forum... someone could choose to make a mod and add
a column for the birthday in the users table... you can't know if
someone did it or not...
Arg! Just invites people to crash your web site.
*their* web site... think about phpbb or similar phorums....
The unsaid part here, though quite off-topic, is that PHP bulletin
boards are often changed with "mods" which alter the source of the
PHP files, modify the database, etc. The more of these you apply,
the more likely that you've completely destroyed your installation,
but the first few are likely to work great, and in the meantime a
given mod can't assume that the original board's schema still applies.
I don't usually work with PHP, but a disproportionate amount of the
time I have spent has been in applying and repairing such mods for
clients.
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