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by badgers
Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:33 am
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Comment on my semi complete login php script.
Replies: 12
Views: 4883

thanks
by badgers
Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:13 pm
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Comment on my semi complete login php script.
Replies: 12
Views: 4883

Comment on my semi complete login php script.

here is the result of the help I received here with some adds of my own. I welcome any comments on this <?php if (!isset($_SESSION)) { session_start(); } /// Quote variable to make safe-from mysql site function quote_smart($value) { // Stripslashes if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $value = stripslashes...
by badgers
Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:27 pm
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

thanks everyone for your help so far. I appreciate you fixing my post for the html tags. have a good day I am using the more reduced html form for posting the data. UPDATE - I am using the simplified form as login.html and here is what I have as login.php can you make comments on how it looks? the p...
by badgers
Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:20 am
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

feyd | Please use , and [syntax="..."] tags where appropriate when posting code. Your post has been edited to reflect how we'd like it posted. Please read: [url=http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?t=21171]Posting Code in the Forums[/url] to learn how to do it too.[/color] thanks fo...
by badgers
Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:49 am
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

is PEAR the standard way to do logins?
I have read some tutorials on the net and they all seem to use PEAR.

thanks
by badgers
Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:47 am
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

thanks, I use dreamhost for my hosting. I will see what they support. I think my problem is that there are different levels of security. I am looking for an framework of how to approach it. I think I will learn some of the finer details later. It is hard to learn from fragemented examples and exampl...
by badgers
Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:54 pm
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

looking at this site. http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Creating-a-Secure-PHP-Login-Script/ is that something to start with? it seemed a little old and I am using a site with PHP5 thanks I guess I don't understand how to put these together in a overall page but I also don't know what PEAR is. is that t...
by badgers
Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:52 pm
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

are there any links for a good place to start. I was looking at the first link and it is clear that it isn't something I should use as a reference. lets start with this, I have a username and a password in the database I used md5('password') to put it in the database. is that the way to store passwo...
by badgers
Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:52 pm
Forum: PHP - Security
Topic: Confusion for a newbie
Replies: 10
Views: 2597

Confusion for a newbie

hello I searched this forum and I found this. http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?t=61184 http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?t=61571 http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?t=60805 I am sorry to say this so bluntly, I am trying to learn how to write a secure login page and then car...