Hi, gals and guys,

I am currently working on a website that eventually will allow stories to be uploaded and displayed under the author's name. Now, I want them to be able to upload txt, doc, docx, and whatever other mainstream document files there are. Anyway, what I would like help with is creating a secure upload code scripted in php. I have been to several websites, and I did find one or two good examples. However, most of what I found consisted of simple upload scripts with no security measures. I would like to know what the best security measures I can take are when making an upload script.

I would search more on google, but I like the idea that I can ask for further help here if something confuses me (I have been accused before of asking people to do all my work for me- which is not true).

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I have never come upon the need for security when uploading. All the upload scripts I have ever coded are behind a control panel anyway. And I assume your by your statement under the "author's name" that your upload script will be inside a control panel/admin that a user will need to log into to upload under his/her username.

An uploaded file, also, in a Linux server, will not be executable unless you program that in your upload script.

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Thanks, never thought about that last part. All the sites I saw kept stressing the word "security." I guess I want to take some "precautions" then. I think I'll be able to figure out the rest on my own, but thanks for responding.

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