2007 August

PHP/Javascript File Uploader

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Recently one of our clients was in need of the ability to upload files to their webserver. This was easily accomplished with PHP’s built in functionality. But the draw back to this approach was that end-user had little or no indication that anything was happening. Now we all know what happens. Typical scenario: User clicks [...]

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Validate and Escape Data to Prevent SQL Injection

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

So we’re back on the topic of SQL Injection, and how to prevent them with PHP. This subject, while often discussed, is not taken as seriously as it should be by many a web-developer, whether it be because of laziness, or merely due to lack of knowledge. Assuming the latter is the most common cause, [...]