Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-11 Thread Curt Zirzow
On 9/8/06, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 15:30 -0600, Jeremy Privett wrote: > Well, it could be this, too: > > switch( $_REQUEST['id'] ) { > case "white": > echo "Right color."; > break; > > case "black": > echo "Rig

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread tedd
At 12:29 PM -0400 9/9/06, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 12:12 -0400, Mark Charette wrote: As a senior member of the software QC department in a major industrial company, I generally find more errors and omissions in validation routines during code reviews and ethical hacks tha

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 17:27 +0100, Stut wrote: > Mark Charette wrote: > > And I'll wager a brew no one here has ever done a formal, mathematically > > rigorous proof of a validation routine except as a class project. As a > > senior member of the software QC department in a major industrial > >

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 12:12 -0400, Mark Charette wrote: > > As a senior member of the software QC department in a major industrial > company, I generally find more errors and omissions in validation > routines during code reviews and ethical hacks than anywhere else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Stut
Mark Charette wrote: And I'll wager a brew no one here has ever done a formal, mathematically rigorous proof of a validation routine except as a class project. As a senior member of the software QC department in a major industrial company, I generally find more errors and omissions in validatio

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Charette
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 11:30 -0400, Mark Charette wrote: Stut wrote: Mark Charette wrote: However, looking at it from a 'knowing early the data is tainted' perspective, not from a 'validating and cleaning perspective', if you have coded that (for instance)

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 11:30 -0400, Mark Charette wrote: > Stut wrote: > > Mark Charette wrote: > >> However, looking at it from a 'knowing early the data is tainted' > >> perspective, not from a 'validating and cleaning perspective', if you > >> have coded that (for instance) a variable is set vi

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Charette
Stut wrote: Mark Charette wrote: However, looking at it from a 'knowing early the data is tainted' perspective, not from a 'validating and cleaning perspective', if you have coded that (for instance) a variable is set via COOKIE, then only looking for that variable set via COOKIE will eliminat

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 10:21 -0400, Mark Charette wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 18:38 -0400, tedd wrote: > > > >> At 5:03 PM -0400 9/8/06, JD wrote: > >> > >> In all of the answers given thus far, no one mentioned that the use > >> of $_REQUEST has a security iss

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Stut
Mark Charette wrote: However, looking at it from a 'knowing early the data is tainted' perspective, not from a 'validating and cleaning perspective', if you have coded that (for instance) a variable is set via COOKIE, then only looking for that variable set via COOKIE will eliminate its being

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Charette
Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 18:38 -0400, tedd wrote: At 5:03 PM -0400 9/8/06, JD wrote: In all of the answers given thus far, no one mentioned that the use of $_REQUEST has a security issue with regard to where the $_REQUEST originated. $_REQUEST is an array consisti

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-09 Thread Satyam
side down. Satyam - Original Message - From: "Kevin Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php" Cc: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie) Shouldn't that be

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 18:38 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 5:03 PM -0400 9/8/06, JD wrote: > >I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this: > > > >Here is what I have tried: > > > > if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black" or "white")) { > > > In all of the answers given thus far, no one me

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread tedd
At 5:03 PM -0400 9/8/06, JD wrote: I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this: Here is what I have tried: if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black" or "white")) { In all of the answers given thus far, no one mentioned that the use of $_REQUEST has a security issue with regard

RE: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 15:30 -0600, Jeremy Privett wrote: > Well, it could be this, too: > > switch( $_REQUEST['id'] ) { > case "white": > echo "Right color."; > break; > > case "black": > echo "Right color."; > break; > > default: >

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread JD
At 05:30 PM 9/8/2006, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:03 PM Subject: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie) I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this: If my_var

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Satyam
- Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:03 PM Subject: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie) I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this: If my_variable is NOT equal to (black or

RE: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Jeremy Privett
ED] Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:26 PM To: php Cc: JD Subject: Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie) Shouldn't that be this instead: if (($_REQUEST['id'] != "black") OR ($_REQUEST['id'] != "white")) { echo "w

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Mitch Miller
I think the OR should be an AND ... If $_REQUEST['id'] = "black" then the second test will be true and it will output "wrong color." If the color is "white" then the same thing will happen 'cause it meets the first criteria. -- Mitch Kevin Murphy wrote: Shouldn't that be this instead:

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Kevin Murphy
'id'] != "black" AND $_REQUEST['id'] != "white") { echo "wrong color"; } else ( echo "right color"; } - Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 08

Re: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread Prathaban Mookiah
"; } else ( echo "right color"; } - Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 5:03 PM Subject: [PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie) > I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something l

[PHP] if statement with or comparison (newbie)

2006-09-08 Thread JD
I'm trying to set up a simple conditional, something like this: If my_variable is NOT equal to (black or white) echo "wrong color" else echo "right color" Here is what I have tried: if ($_REQUEST['id'] != ("black" or "white")) { echo "wrong color"; } else ( echo