What is the purpose of input validation in web forms?
A). Ensuring Data Integrity
B). Enhancing User Experience
C). Preventing XSS Attacks
D). Enforcing Password Policies
What is the purpose of using prepared statements when interacting with databases in PHP?
A). Preventing SQL Injection
B). Improving Performance
C). Encrypting Data
D). Enforcing Data Integrity
Which of the following HTTP methods is considered safe and idempotent, making it suitable for form submissions?
A). POST
B). GET
C). PUT
D). DELETE
What security mechanism prevents Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks by generating and validating unique tokens for each form submission?
A). CSRF Token
B). Session Management
C). Secure Cookies
D). HTTPS
What is the purpose of session management in web applications?
A). Maintaining User State
B). Encrypting Data
C). Preventing SQL Injection
D). Validating Form Data
Which PHP function is commonly used to check if a form field is empty?
A). empty()
B). isset()
C). is_empty()
D). is_null()
Which PHP function is commonly used to sanitize input data from a form to prevent XSS attacks?
A). htmlspecialchars()
B). htmlentities()
C). strip_tags()
D). filter_var()
Which of the following is a secure method for storing passwords in a database?
A). Hashing
B). Encryption
C). Salting
D). All of the above
Which of the following is NOT a common security vulnerability associated with file uploads in web applications?
A). File Inclusion
B). File Upload Vulnerability
C). Path Traversal
D). Cross-Site Request Forgery
Which PHP function is commonly used to sanitize input data from a form to prevent SQL injection?
A). mysqli_real_escape_string()
B). htmlspecialchars()
C). filter_var()
D). htmlentities()