# Symfony Cheat Sheet — SQL Injection

> SQL Injection is a type of security vulnerability that occurs when an attacker is able to manipulate a SQL query in a way that it can execute arbitrary SQL code.

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## Knowledge

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SQL Injection is a type of security vulnerability that occurs when an attacker is able to manipulate a SQL query in a way that it can execute arbitrary SQL code. This can allow attackers to view, modify, or delete data in the database, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data loss.

Symfony, particularly when used with Doctrine ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), provides protection against SQL injection through prepared statements parameters. Thanks to this it is harder to mistakenly write unprotected queries, however, it is still possible. The following example shows insecure DQL usage

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```php
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

class ExampleController extends AbstractController {

    public function getPost(Request $request, EntityManagerInterface $em): Response
    {
        $id = $request-&gt;query-&gt;get('id');

        $dql = "SELECT p FROM App\Entity\Post p WHERE p.id = " . $id . ";";
        $query = $em-&gt;createQuery($dql);
        $post = $query-&gt;getSingleResult();

        // ...
    }
}
```

The examples below show the correct ways to provide protection against SQL Injection

Using entity repository built-in method

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```php
$id = $request-&gt;query-&gt;get('id');
$post = $em-&gt;getRepository(Post::class)-&gt;findOneBy(['id' =&gt; $id]);
```

Using Doctrine DQL Language

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```php
$query = $em-&gt;createQuery("SELECT p FROM App\Entity\Post p WHERE p.id = :id");
$query-&gt;setParameter('id', $id);
$post = $query-&gt;getSingleResult();
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```php
$qb = $em-&gt;createQueryBuilder();
$post = $qb-&gt;select('p')
            -&gt;from('posts','p')
            -&gt;where('id = :id')
            -&gt;setParameter('id', $id)
            -&gt;getQuery()
            -&gt;getSingleResult();
```

For more information about Doctrine, you can refer to their documentation. You may also refer to the SQL Injection Prevention Cheatsheet for more information that is not specific to either Symfony or Doctrine.

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