Essential PHP Security

My critically-acclaimed security guide for PHP developers.

This is nothing short of a seminal work on web application security as it applies specifically to PHP.
Robert Peake

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HTTP Developer’s Handbook

An essential guide to the HTTP protocol for web developers.

“Where the book really sparkles is in the section on improving performance. Few books have looked at the HTTP protocol’s underlying mechanisms for controlling caching as this one. In lucid prose, Shiflett presents the various caching directives and their exact meaning.”
Palisade Security Team

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Book Contributions

• Programming PHP

  I wrote the chapter on security for this book.

  Published by O’Reilly in 2006.
• PHP Cookbook

  I wrote about a dozen recipes for this book.

  Published by O’Reilly in 2006.
• PHP in Action

  I wrote the chapter on security for this book. It’s my most recent attempt to summarize what a web developer should know about security.

  Published by Manning in 2007.