Re: Get rid of warning massage
| From: | Shawn McKenzie | Date: | Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:55:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Get rid of warning massage | ||
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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