CSRF Protector

CSRF protector php, a standalone php library for csrf mitigation in web applications. Easy to integrate in any php web app.

Add to your project using packagist

Add a composer.json file to your project directory

{
   "require": {
       "owasp/csrf-protector-php": "dev-master"
   }
}

Then open terminal (or command prompt), move to project directory and run

composer install

## Or alternatively

php composer.phar install

This will add CSRFP (library will be downloaded at ./vendor/owasp/csrf-protector-php) to your project directory. View packagist.org for more help with composer!

Configuration

For composer installations: Copy the config.sample.php file into your root folder at config/csrf_config.php For non-composer installations: Copy the libs/csrf/config.sample.php file into libs/csrf/config.php Edit config accordingly. See Detailed Information link below.

Link to wiki - Editing Configurations & Mandatory requirements before using this library

How to use

<?php
include_once __DIR__ .'/vendor/owasp/csrf-protector-php/libs/csrf/csrfprotector.php';

// Initialise CSRFProtector library
csrfProtector::init();

simply include the library and call the init() function!

More information

• Project wiki on Github
• OWASP wiki

Discussions

Join Discussions at Google Group \ OWASP \ CSRF Protector

For any other queries contact me at: minhazav@gamil.com | minhaz@owasp.org

How to contribute?

General steps

• Fork the repo
• Create your branch
• Commit your changes
• Create a pull request

More?

Well, there are various ways to contribute to this project. Find a few of them listed below:

• Found a bug? Raise a bug in the issue page. Please make sure it's not a duplicate of an existing issue.
• Have a feature request? Raise one at the issue page. As mentioned above please do a basic check if this enhancement exists in the mentioned link.
• Want to contribute code to this project?
  • The best way to start is by picking up one of the existing issues with Up For Grab label.
  • Leave a comment, that you intend to help on this > then fork > and then send a pull request to master branch.

FAQ:

1. What happens if token expires? - https://github.com/mebjas/CSRF-Protector-PHP/wiki/what-if-token-expires
2. Secure flag in a cookie? - mebjas#54
3. NoJS support? - https://github.com/mebjas/CSRF-Protector-PHP/tree/nojs-support

Appendix

JS not supported?

This version (in master branch) requires the clients to have Javascript enabled. However if your application can work without javascript & you require a nojs version of this library, check our nojs version