PHP is great for being able to easily create web apps that work. The problem is that it also easy to create code with major vulnerabilities that is a mess to read and try to audit. Many times PHP is used by desktop support technicians to create apps to track department inventory, or work orders that after a few years get coopted by the rest of the company and are being used at a scale never envisioned when the technician was copy/ pasting from a dummies book to make the code work.
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PHP – Send Shell Commands with shell_exec()
The shell_exec() function allows you to send commands to the Command Line using PHP. You can use this for everything from pinging websites, to calling installed apps such as FFMPEG. shell_exec() also returns the results […]
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PHP – $_GET to Send Variables in Hyperlinks
You can send Variable Names and Values using hyperlinks to PHP Scripts. This is an easy way to send variable data, but is incredibly insecure. To send a variable to a PHP script add ?variable_name=variable_value […]
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PHP – Turn Strings into Arrays with explode()
The explode() function allows you to turn a String into an Array based on a separator you define. explode() https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php https://www.w3schools.com/php/func_string_explode.asp explode.php
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