Hi Rob: On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:26:54PM -0500, Rob Marscher wrote: > > But it's expensive to escape it every time someone views the page. > Therefore, it's recommended to filter it on input but store the > filtered version
This approach is flawed because disgruntled people who have server side access to the database can insert HTML. Escaping HTML upon page generation is the safest way to go. --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php