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[23 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 375 views | Beau Brownlee]
PHP, Common String Functions

There are always those functions that you need to manipulate strings for whatever reason. Maybe it”s for validation purposes or sanitizing purposes or some kind of string conversion or searching. Here is a class that encapsulates alot of common string functions that I use alot. All functions that start with “is” are boolean functions:

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[20 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 14,571 views | Beau Brownlee]
The Javascript Injection Problem

What is it?
Javascript injection is a commonly ignored security issue. Basically it is the idea that you can execute javascript in your address bar, or one of the numerous plugins that accompany web browsers such as greasemonkey, to change the DOM in any way you wish. So whats the big deal? Well the bottom line is that there really shouldn’t be a big deal. This should not affect your web application in any way if you develop it right. However, there is alot of problems if you don’t understand the …

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