[wp-hackers] Virtual Multiblog

[Computer Guru]

Curl then :)

On 11/26/07, Aaron Brazell <emmensetech at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Often not available. Dreamhost, for instance, turnd off that setting in
> PHP which includes remote files. Also a security risk.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Computer Guru" <computerguru at neosmart.net>
>
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:22:08
> To:wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Virtual Multiblog
>
>
> The easiest way is to include() it via the URI instead of the path.
>
> so include("http://domain.com/sample.php") instead of
> include("/path/to/sample.php")
>
>
> On 11/26/07, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all --
> >
> > RE: the security vulnerability -- I don't think it applies to my
> > code, as I replaced all slashes '/' with understroke.  Nonetheless
> > I've replaced my "string cleaner" code with the following just to be
> > more safe:
> >
> >
> >        $string = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9_]/', '_', strtolower( $string )
> > );
> >
> > > On Nov 26, 2007 1:46 AM, Computer Guru <computerguru at neosmart.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >> Well, how do you go about upgrading all those sites?
> > >>
> >
> > On Nov 25, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Max wrote:
> > > Yes, just make a script to run them all. It will be ok.
> > >
> > > Or you can create a html file to put all the upgrade.php link there.
> > > It won't take much time if you got 100 sites.
> >
> >
> > Good question, and good suggestion.
> >
> > So if I were going to make a PHP script to auto-update them all, how
> > do I call another file in PHP?  (That is, call it as though a link
> > were clicked, not include it.)  Does the fopen() function do this, or
> > am I misunderstanding?
> >
> > (I would like to avoid shell scripts, as this is supposed to be plug
> > & play for the lay-user, much like WordPress itself.)
> >
> > Otherwise I suppose I could auto-produce the HTML file with links,
> > but I like the "run a script" solution better, obviously.  :)
> >
> > > [H]ow is this different from doing something like this in wp-
> > > config.php...?
> > >
> > > $table_prefix = 'wp_' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '_';
> >
> >
> > The VUSER constant is one difference.  Flexibility in having separate
> > custom config files for each blog is another.  (Blogs can all use one
> > config, or all different configs, or anywhere in between.)  There are
> > times you might want to use different databases, or set some of the
> > WordPress CONSTANTS in a wp-config file.
> >
> > Ultimately I would like to include functions for calling blog lists
> > and combined pages lists, (though these would only be workable for
> > people using the mb_users.php file).
> >
> > Thanks for the comments. :)
> >
> > Stephen
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