16 hours agoHow to Check Text Inputs for XML External Entity (XXE) Attacks in PHPPreventing XXE (XML External Entity) attacks starts with cleaning up your application’s XML parser. You can whitelist XML entities or disable external entity references altogether — and you should always make sure your parser libraries are patched and updated. On top of these best practices, you can also use one…API1 min readAPI1 min read
16 hours agoHow to Check Text Input for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks in PHPCross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks target our website visitors, compromising their personal information by exploiting vulnerabilities in our website’s security. Thankfully, you can sanitize XSS attempts easily with the help of our XSS Detection & Normalization API. As the name suggests, the underlying service identifies whether a text string contains an…Xss Vulnerability2 min readXss Vulnerability2 min read
17 hours agoHow to Check Text Content for SQLI Injection Attacks in PHPText based threats pose a considerable risk to our system, so it’s vital that our applications check text strings for malicious content before it can wreak havoc on our system from the inside. Using the code below, you can take advantage of our free-to-use (up to 800 API calls per…API1 min readAPI1 min read
1 day agoHow to Check Content for JID Attacks in PHPIt’s critically important to protect your applications against text-based threats. To that end, in this article I’ll briefly demonstrate an API solution which quickly detects JSON Insecure Deserialization (JID) attacks from text input. The API response contains a Boolean indicating whether a particular string was a JID threat, making it…PHP1 min readPHP1 min read
6 days agoHow to Get Currency Exchange Rates, Convert Price Values in PHPBuilding powerful currency services into your application is a simpler process than it might seem. Just use the PHP code examples provided below to structure requests to our free-to-use Currency API — you’ll be able to retrieve up-to-date exchange rate data and convert prices instantly. To get started, run this…API2 min readAPI2 min read
6 days agoHow to Create EAN Barcodes in PHPA simple EAN barcode API solution might become a critical factor in scaling your ecommerce business. Thankfully, you can generate both EAN-13 and EAN-8 barcodes with ease using the PHP code examples provided in this article, and you can do so for free with a free-tier API key (get one…Ean 132 min readEan 132 min read
Mar 14How to Create UPC Barcodes in PHPIf you’re running a growing ecommerce website, creating a simple UPC barcode generation workflow might become a key factor in getting your products out the door efficiently. Thankfully, using the PHP code examples provided below, you can rapidly generate 2D UPC-A and UPC-E barcodes as PNG files using each product’s…Upc A2 min readUpc A2 min read
Mar 14How to Create a QR Code in PHPLooking for a quick, free & easy-to-use QR code API to include in your applications? You’re in luck: the below API rapidly generates QR codes from text input, returning the encoding for a new PNG file. To get up and running, just grab a free-tier API key from our website…Qr Code1 min readQr Code1 min read
Mar 14How to Scan Different Barcodes in PHPWhile some barcodes are certainly more common than others (such as EAN and UPC), there are, in fact, a surprisingly large number of different barcode formats which your business might encounter. Thankfully, the free-to-use API provided in this article allows you to easily scan and retrieve information from a wide…Barcode2 min readBarcode2 min read
Mar 14How to Implement an EAN Barcode Look Up API in PHPScanning 2D EAN barcodes isn’t the only way to find information about a product. You can process the EAN number with a Barcode Look Up API to accomplish the same goal — and thankfully, you can implement one for free using the PHP code examples provided below. First, run the…API1 min readAPI1 min read
