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Securing PHP Web Applications |
Author: Tricia Ballad
Published: 2008-12-26 |
List price: $44.99
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It is a very good book which covers all aspects of creating a secure PHP web application
 Not what I expected from a Security focused book
The author doesn't get into the intestines of PHP security breaches. This book has some good examples for beginners with very pristine knowledge of PHP security at all. If you plan to maintain a better security system or even to gain knowledge on more elaborate, extensive infringements, this book will not deliver the goods. Technically, for a book on PHP, the author focuses way too much on IIS server-security, which is 90% irrelevant to PHP programmers.
The book guides you through building and strengthening a guest-book for a website. Now in spite of guest-books being almost extinct, this is a very simple example of PHP code, which plausibly doesn't require any intricate security mechanism. Hence the author almost excuses herself for not having gone TOO DEEP on security. Nevertheless, the author does not spare the reader when she verbosely describes general security topics.
If the author had indeed chosen to focus on a more implementable example and demonstrate viable security through and through, this would've been a really great book. So, if you're looking for more than Guest-Book intricacy, find something else.
 Got Hackers? This book will help you eliminate those pesks.
I'm reading this book and several others on safari books online. I found it so good I thought I might as well share with amazon users how useful this book is. If you are developing any application in PHP and you plan to put it online you need to read this book. This book really opened my eyes to how dangerous PHP is without the proper security. I most definitely would recommend this book. I'm sure like any book not every little command and possibility is covered but it sure helps you gain an upper hand in security you most likely didn't have before reading the book.
Great Book for PHP Developers
Securing PHP Web Applications is a great book for any PHP developer with an interest in writing better web applications. It covers a wide range of security topics that every developer should be familiar with. It would be useful for anyone hiring a PHP developer to know the concepts outlined in this book to aid in assessing a developers ability. The book introduced me to some new methods of testing web applications that I had not heard of before. Not the best book to hand to a security professional but a great book to hand to any developer lacking in the security department.
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