Help with FTP

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I was wondering how do people transfer files to sites (like download.com) without ftp software. And how does it get posted on a site? Thanks

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using HTTP POST file transfer., http://uk2.php.net/features.file-upload, for example

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Thanks, but no what I was wondering was how do people upload stuff to my site?

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I’m pretty sure hessiess just answered your question and you didn’t realize it. Uploading files through HTTP POST requests is where you have a html form and select a file, and then send the file to the web server.

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You have to be VERY careful if you are going to allow random people to upload to a website. Good file validation is absolutely vital, unless you want people uploading PHP scripts and messing with your server. The example scripts linked to in mu above post are NOT secure.

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Yeah, i like it.