[pmwiki-users] PHP - slightly off topic but not really

[Craige Leeder]

Jason Frisvold wrote:

>Ok, so books.  I'm happy to see you interested in best practices and
>pitfalls and I'm hoping that includes security.  With that in mind, I
>can recommend two such books that I have found to be excellent.
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>Essential PHP Security by Chris Shiflett (ISBN 059600656X)
>This is a small book (about 100 pages) but purely covers security.
>Not too bad for a quick security intro complete with common pitfalls.
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>Pro PHP Security by Chris Snyder and Michael Southwell (ISBN 1590595084)
>This is a much more in-depth book that covers most of the common
>security issues in-depth.  Another excellent read.
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What kind of security does the latter cover, and how in depth? Examples 
maybe?  I've been looking for a new, advanced PHP book to read for a 
while, but I don't want to read over the stuff I already know.

Oh, and are they PHP 5 or 4? I would prefer something that covers 5's 
features.

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