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How to prevent XSS attacks in PHP forms?

Posted on June 14, 2026, 6:39 am • 349 Views
People are submitting `<script>` tags into my forum posts and it executes when others view it!
You MUST escape user output! When printing data to the page, wrap it in `htmlspecialchars($content, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8')`. Never trust user input to be safe HTML.

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