Writing Secure PHP Code - PHP Security Tutorial (Udemy.com)
Create secure PHP code and prevent attacks and exploits in your code - This is an Essential course for all developers
Created by: Infinite Skills
Last updated January 2017
What you will learn
- Learn how to write secure PHP code
- Protect your website against attacks and exploits
- Prevent PHP Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
How it compares
Against the other 151 rated Udemy courses in PHP on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 13% of them
- Reviews261#77 of 152 by number of reviews
- Length4.6 hoursshorter than 57% of them
- Last updatedJanuary 2017earlier than 88% of them
Course Description
You will start by learning about the most common forms of attack and what the consequences can be when your website is not protected. You will then move into learning about the filtering and validation functions in PHP, and why you should use them. Doug will teach you how you can protect your website against common website vulnerabilities and how to protect file uploads. Finally, this video tutorial will teach you how to protect against SQL injection attacks, and covers topics such as database escaping, using prepared statements, and protecting a MySQL database.
By the completion of this video based training course, you will have the knowledge required to ensure your website is secure against attacks and free of vulnerabilities. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons. Who this course is for:
- Programmers of all levels
- Web developers
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
261 Reviews
Infinite Skills
Infinite Skills is a Canadian based company who offer a huge and ever growing range of high quality eLearning solutions that teach using studio quality narrated videos backed-up with practical hands-on examples and comprehensive working files. All courses are created by trained educators and experts in video based education.
The emphasis is on teaching real life skills that are essential for progressing in today's commercial environment.
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Reviews
By Cody Ficarra
The resources are outdated and the readme which offers a way to update the resource folder is also not actively working
By Shawn Krantz
I thought it was good
By Michael Zehnder
Top informativ.
By Renato Tereza
so far so good
By Ruan Steenkamp
This course is an old course that was clearly just transferred from another site. Hacking methods change frequently and using an old tutorial will only protect you against older hacks.
By Jordan Barnes
Learning a TON-- much better than the certified OWASP one that I left 2.5 stars to.
By Julien Maury
excellent voice, great teacher
By Mohammed Kabir Ajala
Good course,
By Tedd Sperling
Excellent!
By Mohammad Alabdullah
Theoretical .. no live example .. code already implemented
By Erick Noronha Engelhardt
Very interesting course. Good methodology showing examples in how to attack and deffend in many different situations.
By A.karim Amin
It's a good course
Quality Score
Overall Score : 82 / 100












