How can PHP forum administrators monitor and control the use of external scripts to prevent unauthorized or malicious activities?

To monitor and control the use of external scripts in a PHP forum, administrators can implement a whitelist approach where only approved scripts are allowed to be executed. This can help prevent unauthorized or malicious activities by restricting the use of external scripts to a predefined list. 

// Define an array of approved external scripts
$approved_scripts = array('script1.php', 'script2.php', 'script3.php');

// Get the current script being executed
$current_script = basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);

// Check if the current script is in the approved list
if (!in_array($current_script, $approved_scripts)) {
    // Redirect to an error page or log the unauthorized access
    header("Location: unauthorized_access.php");
    exit();
}

Keywords

PHP forum administrator external scripts security

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