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PHP Application Security

Web applications are under attack every day. This course will teach you how to mitigate the most common security risks for PHP applications.

Intermediate
3h 24m
(5)

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Feb 25, 2025

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PHP Application Security

Web applications are under attack every day. This course will teach you how to mitigate the most common security risks for PHP applications.

Intermediate
3h 24m
(5)

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Feb 25, 2025

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What you'll learn

Web applications are under attack every day. In this course, PHP Application Security, you’ll learn to protect your PHP sites against various security risks. First, you’ll explore PHP’s different options for input validation. Next, you’ll discover common attacks like cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and how to add countermeasures to your apps. Finally, you’ll learn how to leverage PHP’s configuration to mitigate further risks. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of PHP needed to prevent getting hacked.

PHP Application Security
Intermediate
3h 24m
(5)
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Christian Wenz - Pluralsight course - PHP Application Security
Christian Wenz
25 courses 4.4 author rating 1146 ratings

Christian Wenz is an author, consultant and trainer focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ASP.NET, an ASPInsiders member, and main author of the Zend PHP 5.5 certification.

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