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[fade2gray]

Hi, (new to group and a php novice)

I'm editing some files using exapmles for reference.

(1) // if (!eregi("admin.php", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) { die ("Access
Denied"); }
(2) if ( !defined('ADMIN_FILE') ){ die("Access Denied"); }
 

Why is (1) always TRUE?
Why does (2) do what (1) doesn't?
Should all instances of (1) be replaced with (2)?

Thanks for any advice.
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[Schraalhans Keukenmeester]

At Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:58:13 +0100, fade2gray let h(is|er) monkeys type:

Hi, (new to group and a php novice)

I'm editing some files using exapmles for reference.

(1) // if (!eregi("admin.php", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) { die ("Access
Denied"); }
(2) if ( !defined('ADMIN_FILE') ){ die("Access Denied"); }
 

Why is (1) always TRUE?
Why does (2) do what (1) doesn't?
Should all instances of (1) be replaced with (2)?

Thanks for any advice.

Is (1) TRUE or eregi("admin.ph p", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) ???
Don't use ereg and eregi. Deprecated in 5, will be removed in 6. If you
need regex, use the preg_match() family.
What's in $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']?
Personally I wouldn't use regex functions when regular string functions
can do the job. Much faster.

@ (2): entirely different test, unrelated to (1).

Which one's the better option depends entirely on what your program looks
like.

Sh.

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