Re: automatically updating software

> > Some ideas so far (that will probably betray my ignorance :): - updating > > images will require write access that may introduce security issues? > > Security issues will prevent you from reading or writing any files that > your PHP process doesn't have permissions for. In my experience, the only > reliable way to do this is by using FTP using the username and password that > the user will (presumably) give you. But that's scary for the user (granting some company access to your server???). Isn't there another way? I was thinking I could keep crucial function libraries in a database (not sure if that is possible??) and then just update them like that, no write access hassles. Can that be done? Can you keep your functions in a database and "include" them from there? Peter