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// if no album selected
if ('$get_album')
{
  echo "<b>Select an album:</b><p />";
  // find each album and display as links
  $handle = opendir ($base);
  while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
  {
  if (is_dir($base."/".$file) && $file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != $thums) 
  {
    echo "<a href='$page?album=$file'>".$file."</a><br />";
    }  
   }
   closedir($handle);
   }
else // if album selected
{
  // check if album exist, and additional security checks
  if (!is_dir($base."/".$get_album)||(strstr($get_album,".") !=NULL)||(strstr($get_album,"/"))
  
     echo "album doesnt exist";