15. Building a Secure Web Application

In this chapter we continue the task of looking at application security, looking at the broader theme of securing our entire web application. Indeed, every single part of our web applications will need to be secured from possible misuse (accidental or intentional), and we will want to develop some strategies to developing our application that will help us stay secure.

Key topics covered in this chapter include

Image Strategies for dealing with security

Image Securing your code

Securing your web server and PHP

Database ...

Get PHP and MySQL® Web Development, Fifth Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.