Table of Contents

1. Never Trust Your Users. Sanitize ALL Input!.- 2. HTTPS/SSL/BCA/JWH/SHA and Other Random Letters; Some of Them Actually Matter.- 3. Password Encryption and Storage for Everyone.- 4. Authentication, Access Control, and Safe File Handing.- 5. Safe Defaults, Cross Site Scripting, and Other Popular Hacks.

About the Author

Ben Edmunds leads development teams to create cutting-edge web and mobile applications. He is an active leader, developer, and speaker in various development communities, especially the CodeIgniter and Laravel PHP framework communities. He has been developing software professionally for over 10 years and in that time has worked on everything from robotics to government projects.  Lastly, he's a PHP Town Hall podcast co-host.