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10 Apr 30

White List or Black List

Ever get stuck in deciding whether to use white list or black list during application development? Imagine, when you have to create an user management module, where certain users would have more access than the others. Will you pick white list or black list when you are writing the logic? e.g.

White List

<?php

// White List
// userid from 1 to 10
if ($userid == 1 || 3 || 5) {
// then allow access to manager admin module
} else {
// normal member module
}

?>

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