Re: Should I check imput for bad chars in this case?

Thank you for your help Marco & Simon. No doubt, your code is much cleaner and better. One more question, without any filter or something could be my original code somehow compromised (mean some security bug)? Or rather was a major problem in the possibility of a script crash? On 4/26/12, marco@behnke.biz <marco@behnke.biz> wrote: > > You definitly should. There were some bugs (even in bigger applications > like Coppermine f.e.) that have been introduced by clients sending > manipulated ip oder hostname Strings. > > For the IP address simply check if it is a valid IP4 or IP6 tupel. There > are checks for that.