The ease of entry into PHP coding is without doubt one of its greatest assets. When it comes to security, it is also one of its greatest liablities. New comers to the language can create simple scripts to add to their site with relative ease, however, they do so without any knowledge of security. These same new comers to PHP also copy and paste insecure scripts from examples all over the net, and assume if it from known source, it must be secure. This article looks at several common security issues when developing with PHP and more importantly, how to fix them.
