Secure Internet File-Sharing with PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript | Linux Today

Secure Internet File-Sharing with PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 19, 2008

“I recently got fed up with using the usual shared-directories
mechanism to implement file sharing. Not only are there too many
permissions to define at the administrator level, it also requires
all the actions for sharing files among different operating
systems. And what if you have just an Internet connection? Sure you
can use email or FTP, but those aren’t exactly elegant
solutions.

“I finally made up my mind to use PHP instead. I wrote a PHP
file-sharing program that did all this…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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