For the SitePoint Community
Scan the snippet before it goes live.
We scan, then we forget. You keep what you want.
SitePoint threads are full of working answers in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP — and most of them solve your problem. But a snippet that works is not the same as a snippet that is safe. AllScanTool scans the code you lift from tutorials and forum replies for SQL injection, XSS, hardcoded credentials, and insecure functions, right in your browser, before it lands in a client site. No logs. No storage. No retention. Your code stays private.
A working answer is not always a safe answer
The community solves the problem in front of you, but security is rarely the question being asked in the thread. These are the risks AllScanTool catches before the code ships.
Forum PHP that fixes the bug but skips the guard
An accepted answer gets your query working, yet builds it straight from input with no prepared statement or escaping in sight.
Tutorial JavaScript that writes to the DOM
A handy snippet drops user input into innerHTML to save time, opening an XSS hole the tutorial never mentions.
Sample code with the keys still in it
Example configs and API calls from a how-to are pasted in with a real-looking key or password left hardcoded in place.
Old threads, outdated practices
A highly-ranked answer from years ago still uses functions and patterns that are no longer considered safe today.
Copy, adapt, ship — under deadline
You tweak a community snippet to fit the project and push it live, with no time for a line-by-line security read.
No security team to ask — just the forum
As a designer or solo developer your review process is the thread itself, and the thread was answering a different question.
Ask AST
Questions SitePoint designers and developers bring to the Delivery-Layer Engine.
QI used a PHP snippet from a SitePoint thread to run a database query — does it have any SQL injection risks before I put it in a client site?
Paste the snippet into the scanner. AST flags any query built from unsanitized input and points you to prepared statements, so the forum answer is safe before it ships.
QThis JavaScript from a tutorial inserts user input into the page — is it open to XSS?
Drop the script in and AST highlights unsafe innerHTML and DOM writes from user input, then shows the escaped or textContent approach to use instead.
QI copied an example API integration from a how-to article — did I leave any keys or passwords hardcoded in it?
Scan the file and AST detects hardcoded credentials and stray secrets so nothing from the sample config follows the code into your project.
QThis is a popular answer from an old thread — does it still use any functions that are considered insecure today?
Paste it in and AST surfaces insecure and outdated functions, so a years-old accepted answer gets a current-day security read before you reuse it.