From the course: PHP: Creating Secure Websites
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Security and PHP - PHP Tutorial
From the course: PHP: Creating Secure Websites
Security and PHP
- [Instructor] Security is an essential skill for all PHP developers to learn. Hackers can target any server, but web applications are the most frequently targeted. That's because most websites are available to the general public and that makes them visible and accessible. If we could simply lock the doors to the public, it sure would make it easier to keep the hackers out. Plus many modern websites are backed by databases, which collect and store personal data, names, addresses, emails, credit cards, date of birth. All that personal data is valuable. There's a large black market for buying and selling personal information, and that makes web applications a juicy target. PHP applications are often targeted because PHP is a popular language used worldwide. It's used in popular open source applications like WordPress. Another problem is that PHP is also an easy programming language for beginners to learn. Many…
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