Learning PHP 7 (Video 24)

The video tutorial covers adding a security layer to protect web pages from anonymous users by implementing a firewall and user session management. It explains updating user entities with roles for permission checks, handling user data in sessions using serialization, and configuring a firewall to redirect unauthorized users. The tutorial concludes with testing the login functionality and hints at future content on managing user posts.

What is the primary purpose of adding a security layer to web pages?

• To improve the SEO ranking of the page

• To increase the loading speed of the page

• To protect pages from unauthorized access

• To enhance the visual design of the page

What is the role of the 'role' field in the user entity?

• To save the user's password

• To log the user's last login time

• To check the user's permissions

• To store the user's email address

How does PHP 7 enhance security when unserializing data?

• By allowing only strings to be unserialized

• By using a whitelist of classes that can be unserialized

• By automatically deleting untrusted data

• By encrypting all serialized data

What is the function of the Cylex before method in configuring the firewall?

• To log all user activities

• To run a function before the controller execution

• To redirect authenticated users to the homepage

• To execute the controller before the firewall

What change is made to the base HTML template to handle user authentication?

• It automatically switches the login/logout link

• It adds a new stylesheet for styling

• It changes the page layout

• It includes a new JavaScript library