How many years is it going to take before people finally realise that 'preparing' sql statements and 'binding' parameters is the only sane way to perform queries in a 'safe' way?
(We're like in 2010 and i still see a lot of garbage examples being made... *vent frustration*)
You would have to explain what "efficiently" means to you... Anyway, in virtually every situation the use of xml is inefficient. It is slow, verbose and requires lots of memory to process... The only reason to use xml (imho) is for inter-operability with other systems, thus i would only pr...
Online payments, and SSL certificates all rely on the same: TRUST. As soon as customers trust the certificate (probably via the authority that signed the certificate) there is no difference. In that case you could issue your own certificate. If a self-signed certificate is'nt enough i would recommen...