Pro PHP Security [Paperback]

* One of the first books devoted solely to PHP security

* Covers a wide swath of both defensive and proactive security measures, showing readers how to create captchas, validate email, fend off SQL injection attacks, and more

* Methods discussed are compatible with PHP 3, 4, and 5

Pro PHP Security is one of the first books devoted solely to PHP security. It will serve as your complete guide for taking defensive and proactive security measures within your PHP applications.?The methods discussed are compatible with PHP versions 3, 4, and 5.

The knowledge you’ll gain from this comprehensive guide will help you prevent attackers from potentially disrupting site operation or destroying data. And you’ll learn about various security measures, for example, creating and deploying captchas, validating e-mail, fending off SQL injection attacks, and preventing cross-site scripting attempts.

A table of contents is not available for this title.Chris Snyder is a software engineer at the Fund for the City of New York, where he helps develop next-generation websites and services for nonprofit organizations. He is a member of the executive board of New York PHP, and has been looking for new ways to build scriptable, linked, multimedia content since he saw his first Hypercard stack in 1988.

One of the first books devoted solely to PHP security

Covers a wide swath of both defensive and proactive security measures, showing readers how to create captchas, validate email, fend off SQL injection attacks, and more

Methods discussed are compatible with PHP 3, 4, and 5

Pro PHP Security guides developers through many of the defensive and proactive security measures that can be taken to help prevent attackers from potentially disrupting site operation or destroying data. Moreover, this bolÃj