[PHP-DB] RE :I thought "4" didn't equal "456456456%20%20OR%201<>2"

[Neil Smith [MVP, Digital media]]

It doesn't. What you're seeing is an SQL injection attack. If you *trust* 
the SQL code you allow from POST or GET requests, your SQL server will be 
own3d in due course.

That URL actually translates to 456456456  OR 1<>2

Which is always true. So If you use this verbatim, you'll get a true result 
(if you were using it as part of a login process, the user would be in 
without providing a login and password :-p )

I always, *always* apply $result=(integer) $_GET["uid"] to these strings : 
That way you are guaranteed it's a number not a string.

Cheers - Neil


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I thought "4" didn't equal "456456456%20%20OR%201<>2"


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