Mastering Secure File Uploads in PHP: Validation, Storage, and Best Practices
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Allowing users to upload files is a fundamental feature of the modern web, but it is also one of the most dangerous. In the landscape of 2025, where automated bots and script kiddies are scanning for vulnerabilities 24/7, a poorly implemented file upload script is an open invitation for Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks.