On 8/16/07 1:48 PM, "Rob Marscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 16, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Cliff Hirsch wrote: >> What about issuing a command line call? Although opening up this >> functionality adds so many security risks. > I was thinking that might be reasonable and avoids the http > connection overhead. As long as the call is totally controlled by > you and doesn't include user input, I don't see any security risks. > Does the other app need access to your web server environment - aka > $_SERVER? If so, that would throw out both options and you'd have to > figure out how to rework your app to play nice with it.
Why does access to $_SERVER matter for call originating from call? Curl is just simulating a http request. _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php