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Doctrine DBAL and the LIKE operator

Doctrine DBAL and the LIKE operator

Doctrine is a great abstraction layer, and I've resolved to use it more and more through my projects to keep things simple and maintainable. The problem is, the documentation isn't always great for it. Take the below image as an example of the documentation for the

Database Connection Mis-information

Whilst on my usual rounds on StackOverflow to help spread useful knowledge of computing and web development I came across the following comments on a thread: > Um... mysql doesn't connect over http... nor to a directory Neither should it be an url. Usually it's localhost

NEVER trust user input

NEVER trust user input

I've had the joys recently of being part of a code audit for a potential client for a change or re-build of a system. The code in itself was complete textbook...of how not to code a system. It looked like it had been built long long ago