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24th September 2008 - Link Blog

csrf_protect.php. A PHP class for applying CSRF protection to existing PHP applications, using output buffering to rewrite any POST forms on a page. Heavily inspired by Django’s CSRF middleware. Tell me if you spot any bugs!

Posted 24th September 2008 at 2:52 pm

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