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Book:   Essential PHP Security
Subject:   Very good introduction!
Date:   2007-10-28 14:07:59
From:   Leam Hall
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

While smaller than many O'Reilly titles the author wastes no time in helping the new PHP programmer write more secure code. Once you get the best practices in the first chapter down, the other seven chapters each deal with a specific class of vulnerability. You can read chapters 2-8 in any order, and you'll spend some time with the appendices too.


I confess, this book made me want to go back over my code and refactor it from the ground up! Chris gives really easy ways to prevent the more common attacks any internet site faces. A day to a day and a half to read this book and then build your habit library will take you far in building more secure PHP code.

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