If you have some time can you help?

[rmbrstrongbad18]

Someone used my site for spamming last night, and though I cleared the main page that the spamming was done on and secured it so that it couldn't be used to redirect to another site again, the links to all the spam are still there. Would I have to start new pages and save them as all the links that were used to spam (over 1000; the person had a lot of time on their hands) and then delete every single one of them, or is there an easier way to just take down every file on my site at the same time?

[Jessii]

It's easy with FTP unless it all ended up in your database, then you can go into phpmyadmin and I think you can check off all of the stuff that you want deleted and do a mass delete but I'm not sure.

[rmbrstrongbad18]

database? I wasn't using MySQL, if that's what you mean?

[Jessii]

At 11/7/06 07:53 AM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: database? I wasn't using MySQL, if that's what you mean?

Well, you weren't really specific as to what you were using...But if you're using FTP, then you can just highlight everything and click delete and it'll delete all at once, then you can just reupload all of your stuff to your site that you actually want there.

[rmbrstrongbad18]

Thanks, but the problem is is that the fwrite feature writes user input text into new files on my site, files that I didn't upload myself.

[Jessii]

At 11/7/06 11:09 AM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: Thanks, but the problem is is that the fwrite feature writes user input text into new files on my site, files that I didn't upload myself.

Those files SHOULD be located on your server somewhere.

[rmbrstrongbad18]

Really? When someone types something in, and the server makes another file to it, it will automatically be put up on my site?

I'm talking about id's, I don't use input type=hidden's for that, just individual id's, so it'll say something and then a specific number which adds one everythime someone types something else in.

[Jessii]

At 11/7/06 11:21 AM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: I'm talking about id's, I don't use input type=hidden's for that, just individual id's, so it'll say something and then a specific number which adds one everythime someone types something else in.

If you're not using a database to keep track of all of your IDs, then how are the files being and where are they being written to your server? You should know what's going on with your domain at all times. That can then be posted to your website automatically. So if you have no clue as to where those files are, you're screwed, especially because you want to delete them due to spam.

[rmbrstrongbad18]

The files aren't on my computer, they're newly written by the server I use using php. It's the fwrite() command that automatically writes things into files, whether they are existing or not, and if they're not, it makes the files.

[Jessii]

At 11/7/06 12:52 PM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: The files aren't on my computer, they're newly written by the server I use using php. It's the fwrite() command that automatically writes things into files, whether they are existing or not, and if they're not, it makes the files.

I'm talking about the files on your SERVER, not your computer. You should know exactly where those files are writing to. If you don't, like I said, you're screwed. You go into your domain's root, find the directory that the files are being written to, then you delete what you don't want.

Now are you still confused?