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Re: Nested PHP [message #184874 is a reply to message #184873]

Wed, 12 February 2014 13:11

The Natural Philosoph
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On 12/02/14 12:52, Adrian Tuddenham wrote:
>> BTW - to delete files, you use unlink(). See the documentation at
>>> www.php.net - it's the best reference around.
> I found that function and tried it, but the file didn't seem to go away
> - its name was still visible even after I updated the file listings in
> my ftp program. Eventually I deleted it manually by ftp.
>
> Perhaps I got something wrong or I didn't wait long enough before
> checking; I'll try again.

I found many issues when handling external files with PHP.

I conjectured that PHP caches files and filenames internally, only
flushing to disk on exit.

For example writing a file to disk didn't happen so that mysql could use
it in a load file command unless it was copy()ed first.

unlink() for a file generated within PHP did work. But the same is not
true of files outside of it that may not have write permission for
whatever process spawned PHP..

My response to these issues has been to insert binary data using a
hexadecimal number string, instead of load file, and to use the mysql
database as a repository for all data, rather than the native OS file
system.

Mysql at least has a single unique interface and will queue asynchronous
requests, so that it always does what it says on the tin.

AS far as access to PDFS go, the approach I would take is to put them in
a database too in a BLOB, and use a php script to serve them that
authenticates the user (as identified by a cookie) as valid, or returns
an unauthorised access code.

writing PHP for authorised users is not a noobs easiest task, but its is
one that needs to be mastered if you are going to make the distinction
between authorised and public access.,

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