Thanks...
"Curt Zirzow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:09:16 -0400, Scott Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> > Hi Fellas!
> >
> > Did anyone have success with making the required function work if using
> > this sample code.  It didn't work for me.
> >
> > --snip--
> > require("$_REQUEST['PDF_LIB_PATH']");
> > --snip--
>
> When you access an array inside of a string you half to tell php that it
> is a variable by enclosing it with curly brackets:
>
>   require("{$_REQUEST['PDF_LIB_PATH']}");
>
>
> Now the question is, what happens if I access your site like so:
>
>   http://yoursite.com/yourfile.php?PDF_LIB_PATH=%2fetc%2fpasswd
>
>
> Always verify your data that is passed in by the user, you might
> want to read:
>
>   http://php.net/manual/en/security.filesystem.php
>
> HTH,
>
> Curt
> --

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