Skip to Content
PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide
book

PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide

by Larry Ullman
December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
520 pages
13h 42m
English
Peachpit Press
Content preview from PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide

Validating Forms

Security begins with the server's operating system and ends with the user interface. One very common and slippery issue is HTML forms. HTML forms are ubiquitous on the Web, particularly in more advanced Web applications. The security concern lies in the fact that the PHP page handling the form will do something with the information the user enters: store it in a database, pass it along to another page, or send an email. If the information the user enters is tainted, you could have a major problem on your hands. As a rule, do not trust the user! Mistakes can happen, either on purpose or by accident, that could reveal flaws in your code, cause the loss of data, or bring your entire system to a crashing halt.

This first code example ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide, Fifth Edition

PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide, Fifth Edition

Larry Ullman
PHP 7: Real World Application Development

PHP 7: Real World Application Development

Doug Bierer, Altaf Hussain, Branko Ajzele

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0201775972Purchase book