In this conclusion to a three-part series on secure PHP programming, you'll learn how to validate inputs, handle hashing, use the MCrypt package, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter 21 of the book Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional, written by W. Jason Gilmore and Bob Bryla (Apress; ISBN: 1590597702). - Converting Input into HTML Entities
The htmlentities() function converts certain characters that have special meaning in an HTML context to strings that a browser can render as provided rather than execute them as HTML. Its prototype follows:
string htmlentities(string input [, int quote_style [,...
