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The Open Web Application Security Project released a helpful document that lists what they think are the top ten security vulnerabilities in web applications. These vulnerabilities can, of course, exist in PHP applications. Here are some tips on how...
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The Open Web Application Security Project released a helpful document that lists what they think are the top ten security vulnerabilities in web applications. These vulnerabilities can, of course, exist in PHP applications. Here are some tips on how to avoid them. I've included related links and references where relevant. 1. Unvalidated Parameters Most importantly, turn off register_globals. This configuration setting defaults to off in PHP 4.2.0 and later. Access values from URLs, forms, and cookies through the superglobal arrays $_GET, $_POST, and $_COOKIE. Before you use values from the superglobal arrays, validate them to make sure they don't contain unexpected input. If you know what type of value you are expecting, make sure what you've got conforms to an expected format. For example, if you're expecting a US ZIP Code, make sure your value is either five digits or five digits, a hyphen, and four more digits (ZIP+4). Often, regular expressions are the easiest way to validate data:... See less 
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