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Re: BB type posting - is this secure? [message #176385 is a reply to message #176383] Thu, 29 December 2011 23:29 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Curtis Dyer is currently offline  Curtis Dyer
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Michael Joel <no(at)please(dot)com> wrote:

> I am allowing posts to the page and wanted to see if this is
> secure.
>
> data from sql is placed in an array (say $MyArray):
>
> $MyArray["Post"] = nl2br(stripslashes($MyArray["Post"]));
>
> $MyArray["Post"] = strip_tags($MyArray["Post"], "<BR>");

Alternatively, you might call nl2br() last.

> I notice with this text like <script>alert("hi");</script> is
> rendered as literal so no script is actually recognised.
>
> So is this gooed enough or is there something else I need to do?
>
> Mike

After calling strip_tags(), you'll want to call htmlspecialchars()
to ensure ensure remaining HTML characters are escaped.

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