Re: [PHP] I need a fresh look at storing variables in MySQL

[email protected] (Ashley Sheridan)
Newsgroups php.general
Message-ID <1268567107.2892.60.camel@localhost>
On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 12:25 +0100, Rene Veerman wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Rene Veerman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I'd love to have a copy of whatever function you use to filter out bad
> > HTML/js/flash for use cases where users are allowed to enter html.
> > I'm aware of strip_tags() "allowed tags" param, but haven't got a good list
> > for it.
> >
> 
> oh, and even <img> tags can be used for cookie-stuffing on many browsers..
> 


Yes, and you call strip_tags() before the data goes to the browser for
display, not before it gets inserted into the database. Essentially, you
need to keep as much original information as possible.

Thanks,
Ash
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