in reply to Is this reliable?

Yes it's safe!

A boolean will be interpreted as 1 or 0 in a numeric context!

Cheers Rolf

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Re^2: Is this reliable?
by misterperl (Friar) on Feb 19, 2013 at 16:05 UTC
    THanks to all. The security points are well taken under advisement. Luckily for me this is an internal site with only 3 users on whom I maintain a tight reign :) As always, well done all. Best wishes for a warm and productive Springtime 2013.
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