Snooping (Information Retrieval)
The data dump reveals the data it received, whether it is the called via a form action, a clicked link, or by typing its URL directly into the browser.
An easy-to-use SSL checker to see when your secure certificate expires.
Command Line Commands with PHP
The Command Line PHP software provided with this article lets you send commands to the server's operating system even with hosting accounts that don't have command line capabilities.
I'll describe how to decode the encoded sections of email content and attachments.
If your site is large, with dozens or more directories, it is good to have a list of directory names available. Scanning through the list makes you mentally familiar with what's on your site and gives you the opportunity to investigate any you don't recall being there.
Let someone download a file without them ever knowing the source file's location.
For easier reading of JSON data, convert the JSON into an array.
Finding the Current Working Directory
When the current working directory is different than the directory where the CGI program is installed, the included script can help determine what that directory is.
Find the files on your server that contain a specific word or phrase.
Free Ways To Hide Files From Snoopers
Sometimes database files must be protected from scrutiny. Files with email addresses or credit card information come to mind.
Get CSV List of All Files on Your Domain
The software that comes with this article can create a CSV document of the file name, date, and size of every file in the document root and subdirectories of your domain.
Getting Status Code and Server Type with PHP
Status code information can useful while testing software. Knowing the server type where a client's domain is on can be useful when recommending software. The article provides a copy 'n paste PHP script to snoop on servers.
How To Locate Blog Syndication Feeds
What a blog syndication feed is and how to find the location of the syndication feed.
The software will list each file in the specified directory and its subdirectories that was updated since the specified date and time.
For programmers: Script to report MIME type associated with a file name extension.
How to dump a MySQL table into an HTML table.
When the form is submitted, Page Load Information responds with lots of data.
When a site owner would like to know whether or not a specific web page is being viewed, a log can be maintained and/or an email sent if the page is accessed.
A programmer got access to the server for fixing and testing. Soon thereafter, the person who did the hiring got complaints from his hosting company that the server was sending spam emails.
With dozens of directories and many more subdirectories, it can a long time to find a certain file.
The server access log has a treasure of data mining opportunities.
The script in this article is installed on one server to monitor another server.
View the source code of any document at any public URL as provided by the server. And a bonus, see the header information the server returned with the document.
Spammers' Email Harvesting Robots
Fool spammers' email harvesting robots with a regular link instead of a mailto: link.
Many spiders identify themselves. Others, quite a few, actually, spoof their identity and pretend to be a regular browser.
Viewing Files in Your CGI Directory
If you should find yourself wanting to monitor a log file or database in your CGI directory, yet don't want to download the file every time just to view it, this article contains an answer.
View Redirect Page Source Code
Free software to get header and source code of any public web page, plus info related to the request and receiving process.
Web Page Response Test With SMS Alert
Auto-repeatedly test a web page for "200 OK" availability. Failures are logged and you can be alerted with text message and/or otherwise.
Have you ever hesitated before clicking on a link? Wondered where it might take you? The free PHP script in this article, Destination URL, lets you know the final URL of a link before you click on it.
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