Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 19:01 +0300, Thodoris wrote: > >> >>> >>> >>> >>> How do you mean an invalid URL? A URL that is not valid as in $url = >>> "poo" or a valid formed URL that doesn't exist? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Does it really matter? In both cases the file_get_contents() wont be >> able to open the URL and it will produce a warning or an error. >> >> -- >> Thodoris > > > Matters a hell of a lot! If the url is not even partially validated at > all ($url="poo") then it could potentially be open to all manner of > attacks. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > >
Yes, and depending upon how many URLs you're looping through, you could be wasting lots of time and resources for absolutely no reason. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
