How to use the blocks

Authored by: Tony on Monday, December 10 2001 @ 07:10 AM EST

Sorry but in any version of geeklog 1.2.5-1 and prior there is no support for PHP in blocks. Why? This has always been a huge security concern for the developers. In 1.3 you will be able to create blocks that execute PHP in a way that is still secure.

The three blocks are (in 1.2.5-1 and earlier):

1) Normal - takes plain text or HTML and displays it in a block
2) Portal - imports headlines from other sites that publish RDF/RSS feeds in a block
3) Layout - HTML used to create the blocks themselves

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Authored by: laurent on Friday, December 21 2001 @ 12:01 AM EST

is there a workaround this? I cannot upgrade to geeklog 1.3 we are working on 1.2

We ABSOLUTLY need to insert in a block some PHP commands...

Is there a solution?!?!? PLease HELP!

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Authored by: Tony on Friday, December 21 2001 @ 07:21 AM EST

Yeah, you will need to check but if in the block save logic in block.php there is a strip_tags call you may need to remove it (there shouldn\'t be but I can\'t remember off had). Then when the code goes to display a block it will load the content into a variable. Assuming your variable is $foo you should be able to do something like $foo = eval($foo) which *should* execute the code in the block.

Why can\'t you upgrade to 1.3?

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