The latest articles on DEV Community by sid sharp (@idarpe). https://dev.to/idarpe https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4195946%2F5568df68-9b77-4800-a356-214e07605126.png https://dev.to/idarpe en sid sharp Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:38:55 +0000 https://dev.to/idarpe/secure-php-database-2nc https://dev.to/idarpe/secure-php-database-2nc <p>Hi all. I have an html form, created to remind club members of a forgotten members' area password. That is not the issue though. The issue is that I have member's information in an external .js file. The members' data is obscured and appears like this array snippet {mno:"54",Llast4:"9748",Mlast4:"3752",pc:"149"},<br> {mno:"56",Llast4:"",Mlast4:"5829",pc:"149"},<br> {mno:"57",Llast4:"4483",Mlast4:"1983",pc:"148"},<br> {mno:"59",Llast4:"4798",Mlast4:"7501",pc:"70"},<br> {mno:"61",Llast4:"1204",Mlast4:"1204",pc:"148"}, and I want to create a .php file, so that prying eyes or bots cannot see this data and my html file will interrogate the .php file to gain confidence of membership authenticty. Where do I go from here. Help someone please. Thanks. idarpe. </p> authentication backend php security