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  Apache + php + directory browsing + reader for TXT files "G." <grumsk@grumsk.tz> - 2013-09-04 12:44 +0000
    Re: Apache + php + directory browsing + reader for TXT files Salvatore <sal@yojimbo.hack.invalid> - 2013-09-04 14:56 +0000
      Re: Apache + php + directory browsing + reader for TXT files The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-04 16:17 +0100
      Re: Apache + php + directory browsing + reader for TXT files Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2013-09-06 19:22 +0200

#10712 — Apache + php + directory browsing + reader for TXT files

Hi, I have a bunch of *.txt files. I would like to put them on my server
(I already have a running apache2 with PHP5 and Mysql) and allow my students
to browse directories and read the TXT files.

I spent some time yesterday on applying a CSS to apache's "directory browsing"
ability.

Now, I would like to go a further step: applying a minimal style to my TXT
documents with a few rules. (font, size, margins, background color, color, etc.)
and dynamically producing links from my http://... strings.

I think it is possible to play with apache redirection settings and PHP
for dynamically build a *.txt reader. But maybe something has already be
done which could be a starting point for me.

Are you aware of that?

Two questions:
  * (php related) what resources could I use for my purpose?
  * (for apache wizzards) what would be the best way of handling my *.txt files
    and redirecting to a small php "reader"?

Regards,

-- 
G.

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#10713

On 2013-09-04, G. <grumsk@grumsk.tz> wrote:
> Hi, I have a bunch of *.txt files. I would like to put them on my server
> (I already have a running apache2 with PHP5 and Mysql) and allow my students
> to browse directories and read the TXT files.
>
> I spent some time yesterday on applying a CSS to apache's "directory browsing"
> ability.
>
> Now, I would like to go a further step: applying a minimal style to my TXT
> documents with a few rules. (font, size, margins, background color, color, etc.)
> and dynamically producing links from my http://... strings.

I believe that this is as simple as creating a file called HEADER.html
(make sure you use uppercase lettersi for the word "HEADER") and include
some <style> tags.

>
> I think it is possible to play with apache redirection settings and PHP
> for dynamically build a *.txt reader. But maybe something has already be
> done which could be a starting point for me.
>
> Are you aware of that?

Yes. Find the option in your Apache configuration file called
"DirectoryIndex" and change it to include index.php. Here's an example:

    DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php

This will allow you to write your own version of a directory listing in
PHP. If you don't want to write your own directory listing script,
continue on below...

>
> Two questions:
>   * (php related) what resources could I use for my purpose?

I would try using the mod_rewrite module.

>   * (for apache wizzards) what would be the best way of handling my *.txt files
>     and redirecting to a small php "reader"?

Here's what I came up with:

    1. Create a file called "textfile.php". Put code in there that reads
       the variable $_REQUEST['file'] and verifies that it doesn't
       contain anything nasty. (Basically, verify that it only contains
       the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, a dash, an underscore, no more than
       one dot, and the extension ".txt".) Use that variable to open up a
       text file.

    2. Add a rewrite rule to the .htaccess file that looks something like
       this:

       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteRule ^/textfiles/([^/]+\.txt)$ /textfile.php?file=$1 [PT]

       (This presumes your text files are being hosted in the
       subdirectory "/textfiles".)

    3. In the file "textfile.php", use the function
       "file_read_contents()" to read the contents of the text file.

And, of course, be extra careful when checking the file name so that
people cannot pass a parameter that looks like "file=../../../etc/passwd"
or something like that.

>
> Regards,
>


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#10714

On 04/09/13 15:56, Salvatore wrote:
> On 2013-09-04, G. <grumsk@grumsk.tz> wrote:
>> Hi, I have a bunch of *.txt files. I would like to put them on my server
>> (I already have a running apache2 with PHP5 and Mysql) and allow my students
>> to browse directories and read the TXT files.
>>
>> I spent some time yesterday on applying a CSS to apache's "directory browsing"
>> ability.
>>
>> Now, I would like to go a further step: applying a minimal style to my TXT
>> documents with a few rules. (font, size, margins, background color, color, etc.)
>> and dynamically producing links from my http://... strings.
> I believe that this is as simple as creating a file called HEADER.html
> (make sure you use uppercase lettersi for the word "HEADER") and include
> some <style> tags.
>
>> I think it is possible to play with apache redirection settings and PHP
>> for dynamically build a *.txt reader. But maybe something has already be
>> done which could be a starting point for me.
>>
>> Are you aware of that?
> Yes. Find the option in your Apache configuration file called
> "DirectoryIndex" and change it to include index.php. Here's an example:
>
>      DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
>
> This will allow you to write your own version of a directory listing in
> PHP. If you don't want to write your own directory listing script,
> continue on below...
>
>> Two questions:
>>    * (php related) what resources could I use for my purpose?
> I would try using the mod_rewrite module.
>
>>    * (for apache wizzards) what would be the best way of handling my *.txt files
>>      and redirecting to a small php "reader"?
> Here's what I came up with:
>
>      1. Create a file called "textfile.php". Put code in there that reads
>         the variable $_REQUEST['file'] and verifies that it doesn't
>         contain anything nasty. (Basically, verify that it only contains
>         the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, a dash, an underscore, no more than
>         one dot, and the extension ".txt".) Use that variable to open up a
>         text file.
>
>      2. Add a rewrite rule to the .htaccess file that looks something like
>         this:
>
>         RewriteEngine On
>         RewriteRule ^/textfiles/([^/]+\.txt)$ /textfile.php?file=$1 [PT]
>
>         (This presumes your text files are being hosted in the
>         subdirectory "/textfiles".)
>
>      3. In the file "textfile.php", use the function
>         "file_read_contents()" to read the contents of the text file.
>
> And, of course, be extra careful when checking the file name so that
> people cannot pass a parameter that looks like "file=../../../etc/passwd"
> or something like that.

by the time you have done that you might as well write a program called 
'index.php' that looks for all the tect files in te deirectory and liste 
them as hyperlinks to a 'read a text file and turn it into html' page.

if you do a file-get-contents and p[ass it through a couple of string 
replacement passes to turn newlines into <BR> and htmlspecialchar to 
replace control characters and wrap it in a header, it IS an HTML page.


>> Regards,
>>
>


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#10725

On 04-09-2013 16:56, Salvatore wrote:
> On 2013-09-04, G. <grumsk@grumsk.tz> wrote:
>> Hi, I have a bunch of *.txt files. I would like to put them on my server
>> (I already have a running apache2 with PHP5 and Mysql) and allow my students
>> to browse directories and read the TXT files.
>>
>> I spent some time yesterday on applying a CSS to apache's "directory browsing"
>> ability.
>>
>> Now, I would like to go a further step: applying a minimal style to my TXT
>> documents with a few rules. (font, size, margins, background color, color, etc.)
>> and dynamically producing links from my http://... strings.
>
> I believe that this is as simple as creating a file called HEADER.html
> (make sure you use uppercase lettersi for the word "HEADER") and include
> some <style> tags.
>

see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html#headername

it does not need to be UPPERCASE, if i read the story on above link......

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