Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
If you are a PHP and/or a PBBG developer, then I'm sure you know about the problems associated with user-submitted text. If not sanitized properly, your website could be the victim of XSS attacks and SQL injections. In this article I will discuss what methods I use to protect my ...
Posted in PBBG Coding | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
So many browser games are written in PHP that it is easy to forget that they can be built in any language. PHP has great features for web game development and it is widely available, but it is not the only option out there.
To make this point (and as a ...
Posted in PBBG Websites | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Do you use the header() function to redirect users?
Here's a little tip: use the exit statement right after you redirect.
Why? Imagine this: You have some code that runs after the redirect (the user was redirected because he did not have the correct permissions to view the page), and that code ...
Posted in PBBG Coding | 5 Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
In this post I will list some free, open source PBBG scripts written in PHP that I know of, so anybody who wants to run their own PBBG can start from somewhere :)
The scripts I cover in this post are:
ezRPG
Legend of the Green Dragon
Dragon Knight
Voided Alliance
Solar Empire
World of Phaos
Kitto Kitto ...
Posted in PBBG General, PBBG Websites | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
What does a PHP developer need? Especially for coding PBBGs? In this post I will list some tools, services and scripts that I use, and some that I should use. It's your choice to use them as well or not, but I find them to be extremely helpful. The tools ...
Posted in PBBG Coding, PBBG General | 3 Comments »
