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Is xss_clean() sufficient for a secure MySQL input? - El Forum - 03-06-2010
[eluser]sorenchr[/eluser]
Hi there, the CI documentation states the following for xss_clean:
Quote:Filters the POST/COOKIE array keys, permitting only alpha-numeric (and a few other) characters.
It doesn't really say which characters are allowed
. Anyway, is this function sufficient for sanitizing your database input?
Is xss_clean() sufficient for a secure MySQL input? - El Forum - 03-06-2010
[eluser]Altaf Hussain[/eluser]
yes off course it is secure, and i always use this is my code.