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Back to EpisodesUnderstanding how Stringable works inside Blade views
Episode 127
Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
Joel and Aaron dig into Laravel’s `Stringable` class and uncover how it can silently skip Blade’s automatic HTML escaping. They explain why that’s both a convenient feature and a potential security pitfall if user input isn’t properly sanitized. You’ll hear practical ways to keep your views safe without losing the API’s fluency.
- (00:00) - Stringable can sidestep Blade escaping
- (03:45) - Dangers of outputting unsanitized HTML
- (05:45) - Defensive strategies for safe rendering
- (08:45) - Silly bit
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