Reddit.com: Protecting against attack?
In this recent post to Reddit.com, the question of application security is asked - the poster wants recommendations on how he should keep his app safe from would-be attackers: I can code fairly well...
View ArticlePHPMaster.com: Creating a PHP OAuth Server
On PHPMaster.com today there's a new tutorial posted about creating your own OAuth server in PHP using the oauth-php package to do the "heavy lifting". If you've ever integrated with another API that...
View ArticleMike Dalisay: Salt, Hash and Store Passwords Securely with Phpass
On Mike Dalisay's site there's a recent post showing how to use the Phpass tool to salt, hash and store passowrd data in your application. I think the main reason why we have to hash passwords is to...
View ArticleAlison Gianotto: Check User-Submitted URLs for Malware and Phishing in Your...
In her latest post Alison Gianotto looks at a few different ways that you can validate any URLs that your users might give you to ensure they're not anything malicious. She looks at two of the major...
View ArticleMaster Zend Framework: Using Sessions In Zend Framework 2 - Part 2
The Master Zend Framework continues its series about using sessions in Zend Framework 2 applications. In part two of the series he focuses on validators and some of the backend storage options the...
View ArticleMaster Zend Framework: How to Use ZFTool Diagnostics To Ensure Your Modules Work
The Master Zend Framework site has a new tutorial today showing you how to use the ZFTool diagnostics to make sure your modules are working correctly. The ZFTool is a stand-alone tool that can help...
View ArticleRob Allen: Validating JSON with ZF2's ZendValidator
Rob Allen has a quick post today showing how to use the ZendValidator component from Zend Framework 2 to handle JSON validation. Let's say that you have an admin form where the user can enter JSON and...
View ArticleJoshua Thijssen: Advanced user switching
Joshua Thijssen has a new post today with a "neat trick" that the Symfony Security component allows - switching (impersonating) another user programatically. This allows you to login as another user,...
View ArticleEric Barnes: How To: Validate an array of form fields with Laravel
Eric Barnes has a new post to his site showing you how to validate form input in a Laravel application using the form requests feature. If you've used Laravel's form validation for any length of time,...
View ArticleMarc Aube: Design Pattern: Specification
Marc Aube has a new post to his site that introduces you to the specification design pattern, a technique that's useful for ensuing the current state of an object is valid. The specification pattern...
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