| Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. [message #181884 is a reply to message #181877] |
Thu, 20 June 2013 23:37   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 6/20/2013 6:34 PM, Christoph Michael Becker wrote:
> Am 20.06.2013 23:38, schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
>> I think the general ideas of how to do it is now pretty clear, but there
>> are some detail issues as to how much can and should go IN the database.
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>> I think anything small can, but big images and videos? Hmm.
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> Why do you want to put images and video files in the database?
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Nothing wrong with it. Amongst other things, it makes things easier to
back up. You can also better sure integrity of your site because it's
impossible to delete an image in use if your foreign keys are set up
properly.
>> Can you execute PHP code stored in a database??
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>> I suppose in the limit you could write it to a file, and once written
>> include() it?
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>> is there a better way? eval()? It comes with health warnings..
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>> ..select page from code_table where id='12345'..eval (page)...hmm.
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> Writing PHP code stored into a database to a file and including it is
> not safer than eval()ing it in the first place, IMO.
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I agree here. Neither is safe, but necessary if you're writing a CMS.
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