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Learn to Filter Form Data with the PHP Security Guide

On of the highlights of my vacation to southern Oregon this past (extended) weekend was a spontaneously-planned dinner (featuring BBQ'd rainbow trout!) at my cousin Drew and his wife Kelly's house. Grandpa and I went over Monday night (which is their day off) and enjoyed wonderful food and long-overdue conversation. Drew and I fell into the abyss of tech-talk toward the end of the night, so as a sort-of follow-up, I thought I'd post this valuable intro to PHP Security. (This is where I got all my ideas for filtering form data and implementing security on my web forms and apps.) I've heard Chris (the author of this doc) speak on a couple of occasions; the guy really knows his stuff (and is passionate about it too).

He and some others recently organized the PHP Security Consortium and on their site, you can find the
PHP Security Guide and learn all about "filtering all foreign data!"

Happy foreign data filtering.