Accessing functions through a URL?

[The Plankmeister]

Is it possible to access a function in a php document through a URL?

For instance: http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function

And then have something like this in test.php:

<?php

function a_function() {echo "Hello!";}

?>
Or is this definitely not possible? I'm assuming it would definitely be
impossible for security reasons... which is what I'm hoping.
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[Jon Kraft]

The Plankmeister <plankmeister_NO_@_SPAM_hotmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to access a function in a php document through a URL?

For instance: http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function

And then have something like this in test.php:

<?php
function a_function() {echo "Hello!";}
?>

Or is this definitely not possible? I'm assuming it would definitely be
impossible for security reasons... which is what I'm hoping.

Hi,

It's definitely not possible.

HTH;
JOn

[Dirk Engels]

Hi,

Sure it's possible. You can analyse the url. See if there are strings after
the ?. Next you need to check if that string is a function. If it is....
run it. So if you can program a little bit, it is possible...

Kind regards,

Dirk

Jon Kraft wrote:

The Plankmeister <plankmeister_NO_@_SPAM_hotmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to access a function in a php document through a URL?

For instance: http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function

And then have something like this in test.php:

<?php
function a_function() {echo "Hello!";}
?>

Or is this definitely not possible? I'm assuming it would definitely be
impossible for security reasons... which is what I'm hoping.

Hi,

It's definitely not possible.

HTH;
JOn

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[Jon Kraft]

Dirk Engels <d.******@student.utwente.nl> wrote:

Jon Kraft wrote:

The Plankmeister <plankmeister_NO_@_SPAM_hotmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to access a function in a php document through a URL?

For instance: http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function

And then have something like this in test.php:

<?php
function a_function() {echo "Hello!";}
?>

Or is this definitely not possible? I'm assuming it would definitely be
impossible for security reasons... which is what I'm hoping.

It's definitely not possible.

Sure it's possible. You can analyse the url. See if there are strings
after the ?. Next you need to check if that string is a function. If it
is.... run it. So if you can program a little bit, it is possible...

Hi Dirk,

I didn't say it wouldn't be possible for a script to call the function after
analysing the requested url - I merely confirmed that it is absolutely
impossible to call a function through a URL.

http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function will never invoke the
function a_function().

JOn

[Dirk Engels]

Hi,

Not directly... but there is always a way to do something you want to do...
the sky is the limit :-)

dirk

Jon Kraft wrote:

Dirk Engels <d.******@student.utwente.nl> wrote:

Jon Kraft wrote:

The Plankmeister <plankmeister_NO_@_SPAM_hotmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to access a function in a php document through a URL?

For instance: http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function

And then have something like this in test.php:

<?php
function a_function() {echo "Hello!";}
?>

Or is this definitely not possible? I'm assuming it would definitely be
impossible for security reasons... which is what I'm hoping.

It's definitely not possible.

Sure it's possible. You can analyse the url. See if there are strings
after the ?. Next you need to check if that string is a function. If it
is.... run it. So if you can program a little bit, it is possible...

Hi Dirk,

I didn't say it wouldn't be possible for a script to call the function
after analysing the requested url - I merely confirmed that it is
absolutely impossible to call a function through a URL.

http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function will never invoke the
function a_function().

JOn

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[Michiel]

Dirk Engels wrote:

Hi,

Not directly... but there is always a way to do something you want to do...
the sky is the limit :-)

dirk

Indeed, it is ;-)) And sometimes its really simple too. I will show you.

>Is it possible to access a function in a php document through a URL?
>
>For instance: http://www.somesiteorother.com/test.php?a_function
>
>And then have something like this in test.php:
>
><?php
>function a_function() {echo "Hello!";}
$_GET["function"]();
?>

But, you would have to access it through:

http://www.somesiteorother.com/test....ion=a_function

The trick used here is that you can use any variable as a variable or function name. Similarly you can use $$variable.

Michiel.