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Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious?

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From "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee>
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Subject Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious?
Date Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:18:35 +0100
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Am 06.01.2012 14:32, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
> On 1/6/2012 6:05 AM, Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle schrieb:
>>
>>> $REQUESTS is quite dangerous. You never know whether it comes
>>> from
>>> $_GET, $_POST or $_COOKIE, for instance.
>>
>> True, you don't know. But does it matter? The only problem I
>> see is that
>> the order of precedence of the three input sources depends on
>> the PHP
>> configuration, but aside from that, the script is given a
>> "foo=bar" and
>> a hacker could always send that via any of GET, POST or COOKIE.
>> So my
>> script should not be dependent on that. I find it rather
>> convenient to
>> be able to send commands/arguments to my script via any of the
>> three
>> methods.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Thomas
>>
> 
> No, it doesn't matter if you aren't concerned about security.
> 

I think programming leaves enough room for everybody to use $_GET
and $_POST to their liking, but

	$_REQUEST is no more dangerous than one of GPC.

There are some programming mantras you have to keep on saying,
this is not one of it.

/Str

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  Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-12-29 22:04 +0100
    Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-29 16:53 -0500
      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-12-29 17:08 -0500
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      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-05 14:22 +0100
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-05 13:36 +0000
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-05 15:20 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-05 15:49 +0000
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      Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 00:28 +0100
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-05 19:36 -0500
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-06 11:16 +0100
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-06 12:05 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 08:32 -0500
              Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 18:18 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 13:04 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-08 20:48 +0100
              Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-06 20:14 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 20:24 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-06 19:34 +0000
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 21:11 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 18:12 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-07 17:59 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-07 15:54 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-08 02:13 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-07 20:33 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-09 00:21 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-08 19:05 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-08 20:52 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-08 15:59 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 11:00 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-11 11:53 +0000
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 08:45 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 15:43 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 08:44 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 15:47 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 09:51 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-11 18:09 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-11 14:01 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-01-12 08:58 +0100
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 17:41 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 13:05 -0500
        Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2012-01-06 11:07 +0100
          Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 18:05 +0100
            Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 13:07 -0500
              Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-06 19:45 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-06 18:09 -0500
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-01-07 18:08 +0100
                Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-07 15:59 -0500

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