RE: [PHP] Posting with script tags, or a plea not to

Well, you read the message and I didn't get an email. That tells me that it isn't actually executing the code. Are you sure it isn't just putting the code in the mail literally? ie. if you do a "view source" on the message, do you not see the raw PHP tags? -Rasmus On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Barry C. Hawkins wrote: > Rasmus, > Well, if ever I had leverage for asking Earthlink to fix the > problem, I think it would be now. Forwarding an email from the person > credited with starting the scripting language that they are using for > their system that basically illustrates their recklessness should do the > job. At least I would hope so. > By the way, thanks for getting PHP going. I love having an > alternative to ASP. > > > -- > Barry C. Hawkins > Systems Consultant > All Things Computed > barry.hawkins@allthingscomputed.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@lerdorf.ca] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:20 PM > To: Barry C. Hawkins > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >