Re: [PHP] [newbie] Can PHP be a security risk if it's just connecting to MySQL?

2004-05-18 Thread John W. Holmes
Dave G wrote: If that text is not properly validated and escaped, you could be open to SQL Injection attacks > I'm less clear on what "properly escaped" means. I thought escaping was a matter of putting slashes before special characters, so that their presence doesn't confuse the SQL queri

RE: [PHP] [newbie] Can PHP be a security risk if it's just connecting to MySQL?

2004-05-18 Thread Dave G
John, > If that text is not properly validated and escaped, you could > be open to SQL Injection attacks >... > you could be open to Cross Site Scripting attacks After reading your response, I looked the web to determine what you meant by "properly validated and escaped". From wh

Re: [PHP] [newbie] Can PHP be a security risk if it's just connecting to MySQL?

2004-05-17 Thread John W. Holmes
From: "Dave G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I almost exclusively use PHP > to draw from data held within a MySQL database on the same server. I do > not allow users to upload files. I suppose the most that I allow users > to do is input some information like email addresses, user names and > passwords.