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PHP

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

How secure? PHP, probably not

HI,

I was wondering about this code here, to use for my website.

I know, its probably not really secure, or probably not at all.

I would probably look for better hash system then md5 . I would read a lot of blogs , and i probably would look in treehouse as well .

So, could i use thath code in my webiste if i upgrade the security? .

First of all i would do a test site, like treehouse site . Users, profiles, categories, news feeds ( forum) . And then if it goes well, clean,i would upgrade it and use it as production site? i wont have any credit cards info etc.. in the first few months, but later one, i would liek to implement a paying option as well plus location as the site will be about something to do with location, paying etc..but ofc, i want it to be secure, so no one can , get in , meaning it needs to be secure as thats the first step i believe to making a good business or even anything. Safety first : p

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Michalis Efstathiou
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Michalis Efstathiou
Courses Plus Student 4,638 Points
Michalis Efstathiou
Michalis Efstathiou
Courses Plus Student 4,638 Points

i think md5 is not very secure, i think php now uses bcrypt so you can do something like]

$password = bcrypt($_POST['password']);

you can do the treehouse build a simple php site, that shows you how to accept payment through credit car using paypal. if you want a more serious system you can check the workshop on using the stripe api

in general, building such a complex site like treehouse from scratch will drive you mad, look into using a framework like laravel, it provides you with all the scaffolding for your website, plus a registration, log in system out of the box, and a nice interface to your database

if you do decide to use laravel, be sure to check out laracasts