[theme-reviewers] Functions.php Worm

[Andrew Nacin]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> Tangentially related: Can anybody think of a legitimate reason for a
> theme to ever use file_get_contents() in any way that makes sense or
> has no better way to do things?


No, for the simple reason that they should instead be using wp_remote_get.

A decent number do though, with okay intentions (but they should still be
using wp_remote_get).
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:themes.svn.wordpress.org+file_get_contents

Of course, at one point does someone begin to simply use core functions
maliciously?
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