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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] allow_url_fopen should be INI_ALL
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)

Al Baker writes:
 > Turning PHP into a babysitter

Nothing you wrote explains why so many people have had this problem.
Everything you write is an attempt to deny that the problem exists,
deny that serious programmers have the problem, deny that the problem
is due to a badly designed intrinsic, and deny that the intrinsic
should be redesigned so that its sharp edges are either softened or
made apparent.

Graphical user interface designers understand the idea of an
'affordance'.  An affordance is something whose operation is obvious
simply by looking at it.  An uparrow button moves something upwards.
'include' is an affordance.  It obviously includes a local file.

In essence, php's include is an apple with a razor blade hidden in it.

In essence, allow_url_fopen==no wraps all fruit with a metal mesh so
when you bite into them, your mouth is protected from the razor blade
in the apple.  Unfortunately, the only fruit which has ever been found
to have razor blades in it are the apples.

 > I agree with Stefan's previous emails.

Even the part where he agrees with something Rasmus didn't say?

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