Subj : need php help
To   : mark lewis
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Nov 12 2019 07:50 pm

 On 2019 Nov 12 03:58:20, you wrote to All:

  AA> I type it in at the root site address:

  AA>    http:// <sitename>/what-time-changed-php.php

  AA>  ..but this is coming up with a blank display.

  AA> What am I doing wrong?

 ml> invalid or no html? have you looked at the resulting page's
 ml> source in your browser?

php can be executed directly.  I don't need to call it within html.

Meanwhile, after adjusting the script without the "if.." and thus forcing an 
output, I would get, the output:

	Last modified: December 31 1969 19:00:00.

 ..which is php-speak for "file not found".

 :(


 ml> also, for security reasons, you'd be better off to have
 ml> $filename contain only the file's name... put the path in
 ml> another one and do not output it at all... then connect the two
 ml> when needed...

What do you mean "do not output it at all"?  How would I see the result 
otherwise?

I just want to produce a report of "last modified" dates of files in specific 
directories. And if that works, have the script email the output on a schedule. 
But the above is a first step.

How would this would be a security risk?

 ..AA

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