How to Secure Your PHP Application by Using Prepared Statements
Here’s a bug that has burned more developers than almost any other: you drop a variable straight into a SQL string,
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How to Prevent Session Hijacking: Secure PHP Session Management
A user logs in. Your app hands them a session ID. From that moment on, that little string is the only
The Dangers of Using PHP’s eval() Function: Risks and Secure Alternatives
Most PHP backdoors we clean off hacked WordPress sites share one line: eval(). It hands attackers a way to run whatever
Understanding PHP Deserialization Vulnerabilities and Preventing Remote Code Execution
A single line, unserialize($_GET[‘data’]), has handed attackers full control of more servers than most developers would like to admit. It looks
How to Efficiently Manage PHP Dependencies with Composer
If you’ve ever managed PHP dependencies by hand, you know the drill. Download a zip, drop it in a lib folder,
Modernizing PHP Error Handling and Logging: Best Practices and Techniques
An uncaught error at 2am tells you two things: what broke, and how badly your logging let you down. If the
Modern PHP Session Management: Replacing session_register() and Securing Sessions
If you learned PHP a decade or more ago, you probably reached for session_register() without a second thought. Then one day
Managing PHP Deprecation Notices: Strategies for Refactoring Legacy Code
You upgrade PHP on a Friday, and by Monday your error log is full of “Deprecated:” lines you have never seen
Understanding and Preventing PHP File Inclusion Vulnerabilities: A Guide to RFI and LFI Attacks
One line of PHP is all it takes. A developer wires a page loader off a URL parameter, ships it, and
PHP Deprecation Warnings Explained: Update Your Code and Handle Deprecated Functions Efficiently
You upgrade PHP, reload the site, and there it is in the logs: Deprecated: …. Nothing broke. The page still works.
Protect Your WordPress Site: Understanding Plugin Vulnerabilities and How to Fix Them
WordPress runs north of 40% of the web, and most of that power comes from plugins. That’s the trade. Plugins hand
Upgrading PHP: Replacing Magic Quotes with Proper Input Sanitization
If you have ever inherited an old PHP codebase, you have probably met magic_quotes_gpc. It was PHP’s attempt to keep you
Defending WordPress Security Against Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks
Someone leaves a comment on your site. It looks ordinary. But tucked inside the text is a <script> tag, and the
Safeguarding WordPress: How to Prevent XML-RPC Brute Force and DDoS Attacks
Open the access log on almost any WordPress site and you’ll find them: a slow, patient drip of POST requests to
Migrating Legacy PHP Code to password_hash() for Secure Password Storage
If you’ve inherited an old PHP app, there’s a good chance its passwords are sitting in the database as md5() or
Refactoring PHP Projects: Implementing Namespaces for Better Code Organization
You inherit a PHP project, open two files, and find two classes both called User. One is yours. One came from
Refactoring PHP Code: Transitioning from each() to foreach() Loops
Sooner or later, you inherit a PHP codebase that still leans on each(). You bump the server to PHP 8, hit
Replacing PHP serialize() with JSON for Enhanced Performance and Security
Here’s the scenario that ends careers: you pull a value from a cookie, a form field, or a cache row an
PHP mbstring Refactoring: Modern Multibyte String Handling Techniques
You bump an old project to PHP 8, hit refresh, and the page dies: Call to undefined function mbereg(). Nothing wrong
Efficient PHP Array Manipulation: Using array_map() and array_filter() for Cleaner Code
Every PHP developer reaches for foreach. It’s the first loop you learn, and it never really lets you go. Nothing wrong