Estimado veditio,
you wrote:
> I've got a ton of forms that use the $_POST variable to send
> information into the database [...]
> Any suggestions on how to tighten up the form security, or does
> magic_quotes help enough?
I'm not a security expert but after some attacks I have implemented
this
Haha.. what the hell? Ok, I know this is an older copy of the script I wrote
because I know I took out the "All this does is escape the data" comment and I
KNOW I saw the thing about mysql_escape_string() being deprecated... don't
know why it's still in there. Hah
Thanks for pointing that out
NOTE:
http://www.php.net/mysql_escape_string
"Version: 4.3.0
Description: This function became deprecated, do not use this
function. Instead, use mysql_real_escape_string()."
Jordan
On Aug 25, 2005, at 2:15 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Using mysql_escape_string shoul
I'm pretty amateur at this too, but have done a little reading on the subject.
Here's some nuggets to ponder while the real experts write their responses: :)
1. Magic quotes + mysql_escape_string = double escaped stuff. I think the
general opinion is the magic quotes is evil, but I'm sure some
Greetings all:
Using PHP 4.3.xx and MySQL 4.1 (and 3.xxx sometimes).
I've got a ton of forms that use the $_POST variable to send information into
the database, and I'm worried about injection attacks.
My server has magic_quotes enabled, which I thought would handle most things,
but am wonderi
e from injections, I
still verify the data.
Jos
-Original Message-
From: mayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 16 May 2005 23:55
To: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP-DB] sql injection attack, protection from
I'm new to PHP and would like to make certain that I have the basic
prote
I'm new to PHP and would like to make certain that I have the basic
protection for the site:
Use double quotes to contain variable
Use mysql_escape_string so that query is considered part of the WHERE
clause.
$result=mysql_query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE
username="'.mysql_escape_string($_GET['
