Web Dev · by Chloe Davis · 2026-10-29

What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?

bbc.co.uk

Mainstream news explaining PHP to the public is how you know it's bad. If you run anything on PHP (WordPress counts) what's your patch status? Did your host handle it or did you?

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Siti Lestari · 3 likes

patched 40 client wordpress sites yesterday. my eyes are square

Wei Lim · 1 likes

the agency life. godspeed

Isha Menon · 0 likes

"PHP is dead" crowd awfully quiet now that it turns out it runs half the internet

Tola Ibrahim · 0 likes

managed hosting paid for itself this week, they patched before I even woke up