Package Magic - Prohibited Code Check Plugin Documentation

Detect alternative syntax, generally discouraged.

Alternative syntax are control structures using colons and ending with: endfor, endforeach, endif, endswitch, endwhile.

Detect deprecated concrete5 controller methods.

See Deprecated Code Refernece (ongoing) for details. Deprecated code may be necessary for backward compatibility with older concrete5 core versions.

Detect deprecated concrete5 API use.

See Deprecated Code Refernece (ongoing) for details. Deprecated code may be necessary for backward compatibility with older concrete5 core versions.

Detect direct MySQL and MySQLi calls.

Forbidden MySQL functions are based on those listed by goutnet at Forbidden Functions and C5 Forbidden functions: mysql_affected_rows, mysql_client_encoding, mysql_close, mysql_connect, mysql_create_db, mysql_data_seek, mysql_db_name, mysql_db_query, mysql_drop_db, mysql_errno, mysql_error, mysql_escape_string, mysql_fetch_array, mysql_fetch_assoc, mysql_fetch_field, mysql_fetch_lengths, mysql_fetch_object, mysql_fetch_row, mysql_field_flags, mysql_field_len, mysql_field_name, mysql_field_seek, mysql_field_table, mysql_field_type, mysql_free_result, mysql_get_client_info, mysql_get_host_info, mysql_get_proto_info, mysql_get_server_info, mysql_info, mysql_insert_id, mysql_list_dbs, mysql_list_fields, mysql_list_processes, mysql_list_tables, mysql_num_fields, mysql_num_rows, mysql_pconnect, mysql_ping, mysql_query, mysql_real_escape_string, mysql_result, mysql_select_db, mysql_set_charset, mysql_stat, mysql_tablename, mysql_thread_id, mysql_unbuffered_query, mysqli_bind_param, mysqli_bind_result, mysqli_client_encoding, mysqli_connect, mysqli_disable_reads_from_master, mysqli_disable_rpl_parse, mysqli_driver, mysqli_enable_reads_from_master, mysqli_enable_rpl_parse, mysqli_escape_string, mysqli_execute, mysqli_fetch, mysqli_get_cache_stats, mysqli_get_metadata, mysqli_master_query, mysqli_param_count, mysqli_report, mysqli_result, mysqli_rpl_parse_enabled, mysqli_rpl_probe, mysqli_send_long_data, mysqli_set_opt, mysqli_slave_query, mysqli_sql_exception, mysqli_stmt, mysqli_warning

Detect empty files.

Empty files are generally superfluous, but in some circumstances may actually be necessary. A file is deemed empty if it contains nothing save white space.

Detect empty methods and blocks.

Empty methods and blocks are generally superfluous, but in some circumstances may actually be necessary.

Detect use of facades and aliases.

See Deprecated Code Refernece (ongoing) for details. Facades and Aliases are usually better expressed using the full namespace. Deprecated code may be necessary for backward compatibility with older concrete5 core versions.

Detect use of forbidden classes.

See Deprecated Code Refernece (ongoing) for details. Forbidden classes are typically deprecated compatibility classes from when concrete5.7 was first introduced. Classes detected: Loader, TaskPermission

Detect php functions prohibited in marketplace packages.

Forbidden php functions are based on those listed by goutnet at Forbidden Functions and C5 Forbidden functions: eval, exec, passthru, printer_abort, printer_close, printer_create_brush, printer_create_dc, printer_create_font, printer_create_pen, printer_delete_brush, printer_delete_dc, printer_delete_font, printer_delete_pen, printer_draw_bmp, printer_draw_chord, printer_draw_elipse, printer_draw_line, printer_draw_pie, printer_draw_rectangle, printer_draw_roundrect, printer_draw_text, printer_end_doc, printer_end_page, printer_get_option, printer_list, printer_logical_fontheight, printer_open, printer_select_brush, printer_select_font, printer_select_pen, printer_set_option, printer_start_doc, printer_start_page, printer_write, proc_close, proc_get_status, proc_nice, proc_open, proc_terminate, shell_exec, system

Detect php keywords prohibited in marketplace packages.

Forbidden php keywords are: eval, goto. Other forbidden keywords are detected by other checks.

Include and require are prohibited in marketplace packages.

Forbidden keywords are: include, include_once, require, require_once.

Detect modification of file system permissions.

Do not modify file system permissions: chown, chmod, chgrp.

Detect files empty save for comments.

Files that are empty save for comments are generally superfluous, but in some circumstances may actually be necessary. A file is deemed empty if it contains nothing save white space and comments.

Detect php native cookie management.

Do not use php cookie management including $_COOKIE and functions: setcookie, setrawcookie.
Use core API calls.

Detect php filesystem functions.

Core API calls should be used in place of php filesystem functions: delete, feof, fflush, fgetc, fgetcsv, fgets, fgetss, file_get_contents, file_put_contents, file, filegroup, fileinode, fileowner, fileperms, flock, fopen, fpassthru, fputcsv, fputs, fread, fscanf, fseek, fstat, ftell, ftruncate, fwrite, lchgrp, lchown, link, linkinfo, lstat, move_uploaded_file, pclose, popen, readfile, readlink, realpath_cache_get, rename, rewind, set_file_buffer, symlink, tempnam, tmpfile, touch, umask, unlink, mkdir, rmdir, chdir, chroot, closedir, dir, getcwd, opendir, readdir, rewinddir, scandir, dio_close, dio_fcntl, dio_open, dio_read, dio_seek, dio_stat, dio_tcsetattr, dio_truncate, dio_write, finfo_buffer, finfo_close, finfo_file, finfo_open, finfo_set_flags, mime_content_type, inotify_add_watch, inotify_init, inotify_queue_len, inotify_read, inotify_rm_watch, xattr_get, xattr_list, xattr_remove, xattr_set, xattr_supported.

Detect php native session management.

Do not use php session management including $_SESSION and functions: session_abort, session_cache_expire, session_cache_limiter, session_commit, session_create_id, session_decode, session_destroy, session_encode, session_gc, session_get_cookie_params, session_id, session_is_registered, session_module_name, session_name, session_regenerate_id, session_register_shutdown, session_register, session_reset, session_save_path, session_set_cookie_params, session_set_save_handler, session_start, session_status, session_unregister, session_unset, session_write_close.
Use core API calls.

Detect php alternative short tags.

Short Tags refers to <? and <?= opening tags. Checking of <?= depends on minimum core version for a package.

Detect superglobals prohibited in marketplace packages.

$_FILES is detected and advised. Superglobals forbidden are: $_GET, $_POST, $_REQUEST, $_ENV, $GLOBALS, $_SERVER. $_SESSION and $_COOKIE also forbidden and detected in their own specific checks