Question Unable to attach php files

If any of my users attaches a php file to a forum post the attachment file name displays OK, but clicking on it opens a blank page.

Is there any way to be able to attach php file other than 'zipping' it first?

(By the way, I do have php included in the list of allowed file uploads: "pdf,zip,txt,doc,gz,tgz,php")

(Kunena 1.5.9)

Hello,

I think it will be working if you change the extension of php file in .txt

Interesting situation. I wonder if this was an issue only for K 1.5.9 and maybe it was fixed in K 1.5.12? Does upgrading to K 1.5.12 overcome the problem? :dry:

Just a late follow up. The same problem exists in K1.6, so no, upgrading to 1.5.12 was not likely to have helped (although I admit I never tried).

However, thinking about it, clicking on a link to a php file is presumably always going to try and run the file, not download it? So it has to be necessary to either change the suffix (as suggested) or zip the file (which is what we now require of users).

I would be interested in alternative solutions though, as php files are the most common type of upload we have.

No you cannot upload php files, nor would Joomla or Kunena ever allow this. This would represent a HUGE security hole. Think of this - I can upload any php file (good or bad) and just by pointing to it, the server will execute it. You can take over the entire server with a single php file upload.

You cannot have public php file uploads or your server would be open to all hackers - and I mean open.

That's pretty much what I though. Thanks.