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Description

Checks for snooping outside of the file system root

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Syntax

check($path)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$path		$path A file system path to check

Returns

string A cleaned version of the path

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filesystem/path.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.path' );

Source Body

function check($path)
{
        if (strpos($path, '..') !== false) {
                JError::raiseError( 20, 'JPath::check Use of relative paths not permitted'); // don't translate
                jexit();
        }
        $path = JPath::clean($path);
        if (strpos($path, JPath::clean(JPATH_ROOT)) !== 0) {
                JError::raiseError( 20, 'JPath::check Snooping out of bounds @ '.$path); // don't translate
                jexit();
        }
}

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