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Don’t turn off CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and fix your PHP configuration

Don't turn off CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER but fix your PHP configuration to resolve SSL errors in PHP. These errors are often caused by not having an up-to-date bundle of CA root certificates on your system. So please, don't turn off CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER in your PHP config, but fix the cURL errors by updating cURL's bundle of CA root certificates and your php.ini configuration.

By Jan Reilink 10/06/2013Code base

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How to send authenticated SMTP over a TLS encrypted connection, in PHP, ASP and ASP.NET?

Send outgoing mail over authenticated SMTP using TLS, in PHP, ASP and ASP.NET. Send email securely from your website. Ready to use examples!

By Jan Reilink 15/05/2013Code base

Code base

Connect to MS SQL Server with PHP 5.3+

mssql_connect() no longer works with PHP 5.3 and up. As of PHP 5.3.2 you have to use the SQLSRV API functions to connect to an MS SQL Server database from PHP. For example, use sqlsrv_connect() to create a connection resource and open a connection.

By Jan Reilink 22/03/2013Code base

Web application security

Unauthorized Access: Bypassing PHP strcmp()

Unauthorized Access: Bypassing PHP strcmp(). A way to bypass PHP's strcmp() binary safe string comparison function.

By Jan Reilink 08/03/2013Web application security

Windows Server

Create your own PHP based Origin Pull CDN

The advantage of having your website content hosted on a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is having your content distributed and stored across the Globe. Utilizing the network of the Content Delivery Network provider. Hosting your WordPress website on a Content Delivery Network is an important WordPress optimization tip. Here is how to create your own Origin Pull CDN with just a few lines of PHP...

By Jan Reilink 17/02/2013Windows Server

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Calculate MySQL database size with PHP (off the old shelf)

Calculate the MySQL database size in PHP. Sometimes you'd be amazed what you find when cleaning out your old script archives. I found an old PHP script to calculate the size of a MySQL database. I post it here just for the fun of it.

By Jan Reilink 09/02/2013Code base

Windows Server

PHP with WinCache on IIS

Learn how to install PHP on Windows Server IIS. With Windows Cache Extension for PHP (WinCache) and a custom php.ini path. WinCache enabled PHP gives you great performance for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla websites, and decreases CPU usage. A custom php.ini file path offers more flexibility.

By Jan Reilink 05/02/2013Windows Server

Web application security

“htaccess files should not be used for security restrictions”

An article explaining why .htaccess files should not be used to secure sensitive data. In many cases it is wrong to impose security restrictions using .htaccess files.

By Jan Reilink 08/08/2012Web application security

Windows Server

Multiple IIS 6.0/7.5 Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities found in IIS 6.0 and 7.5 web servers. On the Full-Disclosure mailinglist Kingcope posted several IIS 6.0 and 7.5 bugs. Because I am a Windows Server and IIS admin, I took some time to test the various vulnerabilities ...

By Jan Reilink 17/07/2012Windows Server

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Web application security

How to filter web traffic with blocklists

I needed a HTTP blocklist. Block and filter unwanted web HTTP traffic with blocklists, on both IIS and Apache webservers. Protect your website easily with this PHP blocklist class. Let's create our own little HTTP filter.

By Jan Reilink 27/05/2012Web application security

IIS 10 Module Mappings for *.php handler

Windows Server

PHP on IIS: No input file specified.

Here is how to resolve the no input file specified error with PHP and IIS. When you host your PHP website on Windows Server IIS, you may receive an "No input file specified" error message, when a HTTP request is made to non-existing .php files. When this happens you probably have no Request Restrictions configured in IIS' PHP handler set

By Jan Reilink 30/09/2011Windows Server

PHP

Don’t turn off CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and fix your PHP configuration

How to send authenticated SMTP over a TLS encrypted connection, in PHP, ASP and ASP.NET?

Connect to MS SQL Server with PHP 5.3+

Unauthorized Access: Bypassing PHP strcmp()

Create your own PHP based Origin Pull CDN

Calculate MySQL database size with PHP (off the old shelf)

PHP with WinCache on IIS

“htaccess files should not be used for security restrictions”

Multiple IIS 6.0/7.5 Vulnerabilities

How to filter web traffic with blocklists

PHP on IIS: No input file specified.

Windows Server

Web applications

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