Course Information
Course Overview
Create secure PHP code and prevent attacks and exploits in your code - This is an Essential course for all developers
This PHP Security training video from Infinite Skills teaches you about the primary security considerations that can affect a PHP website, and how you can take preventative measures. This course is designed for users that already have a working knowledge of PHP and MySQL, and who develop PHP-based websites that contain sensitive or financial information.
You will start by learning about the most common forms of attack and what the consequences can be when your website is not protected. You will then move into learning about the filtering and validation functions in PHP, and why you should use them. Doug will teach you how you can protect your website against common website vulnerabilities and how to protect file uploads. Finally, this video tutorial will teach you how to protect against SQL injection attacks, and covers topics such as database escaping, using prepared statements, and protecting a MySQL database.
By the completion of this video based training course, you will have the knowledge required to ensure your website is secure against attacks and free of vulnerabilities. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.
Course Content
- 7 section(s)
- 43 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Getting Started
- Section 2 Nature And Scope Of The Problem
- Section 3 Understanding Filtering, Validation, And Output Escaping
- Section 4 Preventing The Most Common Forms Of Attack
- Section 5 Protecting Against Common Website Vulnerabilities
- Section 6 Protecting Against SQL Injection Attacks
- Section 7 Conclusion
What You’ll Learn
- Learn how to write secure PHP code
- Protect your website against attacks and exploits
- Prevent PHP Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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BBinny K. Thomas
The course is very good. However the course was brought out on 2012 and so is a bit outdated and there are more attacks and the nature of attacks has also changed. Request the course master to keep the course updated or bring out a new course.
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NNwabueze Ifeanyi Benard
Am so impressed taking this course because it has open my eyes to some of the security lapses which I have not been taking into consideration. My sincere appreciation.
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DDennis
This course is packed full of goodies. The instructor is very experienced and a great instructor.
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YYousef Almutairi
The only PHP Security course that is most useful among all. Highly recommended!