note 58335 added to function.opendir

The example given by oryan at zareste dot com may also be a "simpler faster way" of creating security holes in your code. The function listed above prevents risking execution of abitrary shell commands listed after a semicolon (;) in your directory name. Example: $directory = '.;rm -rf /'; Result: List this directory, erase contents of filesystem. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.opendir.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58335 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58335&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58335&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php