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The string you provided is a common Local File Inclusion (LFI)

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Why Base64 Encoding?

You might ask: why not just read the file as plaintext? Because the file typically contains newlines, special characters, and PHP might parse or corrupt binary data. Base64 encoding ensures a clean, readable string that can be copied and decoded offline.

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