| Re: Forum displays PHP code, not website [message #177388 is a reply to message #177387] |
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"M. Strobel" wrote in message news:9t3paiFdoeU1(at)mid(dot)uni-berlin(dot)de...
Am 23.03.2012 05:37, schrieb Gordon Burditt:
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>> If PHP itself is missing, not turned on, or incorrectly configured,
>> you can get that result. I take it here that "PHP application"
>> refers to PHP *as* an application, not an application that *runs*
>> under PHP.
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> You say *PHP is* the application, the philosopher said the web server
> is the application.
> I find both statements technically speaking true, but when the OP asked if
> the
> problem was the application he was talking quite clearly about the forum
> software,
> i.e. the *PHP script*.
Actually, I meant the PHP module, which to me is an application, rather than
a script. And the problem I saw was on someone else's forum, and I did not
really mean the forum software was the problem. But I'm glad I asked, and I
can see that I need to learn more about this stuff before doing anything
really important. What I have now is mostly as a learning exercise.
> Agreed that the main executable is the web server, which calls the PHP
> module. But
> when you say "I write my application in python/perl/php" you are writing a
> script,
> not an interpreter!
I think "applications" should be anything that has been compiled separately
and resides on the server or local machine as an executable. The OS would
also be an application, but I would refer to it more as an operating system.
A user shell that accesses the OS would be an application, which could be as
a terminal (like MSDOS command shell), or a GUI.
Thanks for the detailed information and advice. I think I understand most of
it. I guess I need to know the extent of the risks involved. As long as the
site is not in danger of being hacked, I'm not too worried. But maybe I just
don't know that many ways that a malicious attack could be made.
Paul
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