Re: [PHP] naming a directory after a user-submitted string

2004-01-28 Thread Don Read
On 28-Jan-2004 Joey Manley wrote: > Here's another question, possibly easier. Possibly even bone-headed. > > What kind of checking/filtering/changing do I need to do on a > user-submitted > string before I can feel comfortable using it to name a new directory > in the > web root on Linux/Apache?

Re: [PHP] naming a directory after a user-submitted string

2004-01-28 Thread David T-G
Mike & Joey, et al -- ...and then Mike Migurski said... % % >What kind of checking/filtering/changing do I need to do on a % >user-submitted string before I can feel comfortable using it to name a ... % >appreciative. Or is this just a Terrible Idea That Should Never Be % >Contemplated? In gene

Re: [PHP] naming a directory after a user-submitted string

2004-01-28 Thread Mike Migurski
>Here's another question, possibly easier. Possibly even bone-headed. > >What kind of checking/filtering/changing do I need to do on a >user-submitted string before I can feel comfortable using it to name a >new directory in the web root on Linux/Apache? Anybody have a quick >Regular Expression t

Re: [PHP] naming a directory after a user-submitted string

2004-01-27 Thread Jason Wong
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[PHP] naming a directory after a user-submitted string

2004-01-27 Thread Joey Manley
Thanks for the thoughts on .sit files. I still don't quite know what I'll do (maybe I'll just force'em to make .zips -- it's not like it's IMPOSSIBLE for a Mac to make .zips). Here's another question, possibly easier. Possibly even bone-headed. What kind of checking/filtering/changing do I need