[skyhigh007]

Hi

I just bought an file manager script and in the log-in <FORM> there's a enctype="multipart/form-data" and It uses a file to validate users input. Is it safe to use a file to validate the user inputs or it should use database?

The validate file contains "user|dd7b696b96434d2bf07b34f9c125d51d|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|Music/" What kinda of validation is that ?


Thanks

[holyhttp]

You can use a file to validate the user input however it does not offer the same level of security, speed and versatility as using a database.
The user information record is chopped in fields separated by the pipe symbol (|) and each record seperated from the next by a forward slash.
That can be done with a simple text file (.txt)

If you have access to a database then use it instead of that file. When your contact list grows you will no longer be able to efficiently manage it with that text file.