: Use a service like Cloudflare to block known attack patterns before they reach your server.
: A bot is "crawling" the web looking for sites that haven't been secured against SQL injection. {KEYWORD} AND 1108=3983-- ptVv
: Filter out special characters like -- , ; , and ' . : Use a service like Cloudflare to block
: Acts as a placeholder for a legitimate search term. not executable code.
: Use prepared statements so the database treats input as data, not executable code.