Re: Re: cvs: php4 /ext/standard basic_functions.c basic_functions.h

Andrew Sitnikov <sitnikov@infonet.ee> wrote: > RL> Yup, as far as I can see it is a completely useless function other than > RL> the fact that it reads an entire file into a string. This is actually > RL> something we should add, but it should be a generic load_file() or > RL> str_file() or some other such function. > RL> -Rasmus > > Probably you have not understood a problem, if is used open_basedir or > safe_mode you have no any possibility to read a file until you move it > in directory which you may read it. but this is where you are (at least partially) wrong. if safe_mode is set, you are still able to open an uploaded file. however, from a brief code inspection, it looks to me like you may not be able to open it if open_basedir is set. assuming i've read things correctly, this is a arguably a bug, not a reason to introduce a new function. (it also looks to me like safe_mode_include_dir and open_basedir may not get along nicely.) jim