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Posted by tramontina de klerk
tramontina de klerk
597 Points

Secure registration and login page.

Which would be the best method to create a secure registration and login page? I originally thought that PHP would be the best but I was told that PHP is not secure. What language/s would be best? What does TeamTreeHouse Use?

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

PHP is secure.

PHP is only not secure when bad programmers do not know what they are doing.

I personally would use PHP and make sure to setup SSL certificates and HTTPS so that your data is not intercepted whilst bouncing between your users and your webserver.

This is a reasonable guide on making a simple and secure login/registration in PHP with mySQL: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Secure-Login-Script-in-PHP-and-MySQL

One key thing to make it even more secure would be to store your database login details outside of the root folder in a config.ini file.

As far as I know Teamtreehouse is built on a Ruby on Rails Backend with a Nginx Webserver.