Re: Question about handling credit cards

Could you provide more information, code example or a how to to do this.. Thanks On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:03:31 -0700, Matthew Fonda <mfonda@dotgeek.org> wrote: > The best way to store credit card numbers is to have them encrypted when > they are stored in the database, and decrypted when they need to be > used, that way it will be safer for the most part > > On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 14:49, Ed Lazor wrote: > > I'm looking at online stores and it seems like a lot of them maintain copies > > of credit card numbers. Is this true? That seems like a "bad thing" to me, > > especially in terms of liability and risk of hackers. On the flip side, it > > seems like there are legitimate reasons. For example, if you bill the > > customer when products ship, rather than when the order is received. Or, if > > the customer decides to have instock items ship now and back ordered items > > ship when they arrive - which results in two shipping charges. > > > > How do you guys handle this? > > > > -Ed > -- > Regards, > Matthew Fonda > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >