Securing PHP Web Applications (For Mere Mortals) - Softcover

Ballad, Tricia; Ballad, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321534344 ISBN 13: 9780321534347

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008

Synopsis

Provides information on writing secure PHP code, covering such topics as error handling, buffer overflows, input validation, and filesystem access.

About this title

About the Author

Tricia Ballad spent several years as a Web applications developer on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl) platform before becoming a full-time writer and technical editor. She currently writes online courseware on various technology topics.

William Ballad has worked in every aspect and at all levels of information technology, from hardware maintenance at a small mom-and-pop ISP to architect of Windows-based and heterogeneous networks at some of the world’s largest corporations. An active member of the IT security community for many years, he recently led an effort to counter an international hacker group exploiting OptionCart, a widely used e-commerce system.

The Ballads have collaborated on several Web development books, includingPHP & MySQL Web Development All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies (Wiley Publishing, 2008).

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321534344
• ISBN 13: 9780321534347
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308