Re[2]: [PHP] transformation to htm file when downloaded

Hello Gabino, Thursday, April 15, 2004, 4:36:48 PM, you wrote: GT> Thanks for the quick response. I'm thinking of adding a check for the string GT> length, so someone doesn't copy and paste a dictionary into my guestbook, GT> but I'm not looking at flood control because the comments might be somewhat GT> conversational. If you are saving to SQL you can limit this from the SQL end as well as the PHP code, but it's worth doing at the PHP level too. GT> I have a couple PHP books (like the PHP Cookbook, PHP: Read Less, Learn GT> More) and a couple PHP/mySQL books and I can't seem to find anything about GT> that "transformation". Are there other books that describe what actually GT> happens? Is that on php.net somewhere, and what kind of keywords should I GT> use to find it? I don't think "transformation" is the right word. True.. have a look for "server side scripting language" (even though you can use PHP for more than that). Technically I guess it's an interpreted language though. GT> Also, perl has "strict", which is to prevent other people from running your GT> scripts from their server. I added strip_tags to prevent someone from GT> running code on my server. Have I got my a** covered? From cross site scripting attacks - yeah. -- Best regards, Richard Davey http://www.phpcommunity.org/wiki/296.html