Re:Q&A: PHP Creator Rasmus Lerdorf (2002)
by jaequery on Sunday September 03, 2017 @10:08AM
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i agree the ease od deployment was key and it still is to large degree but it along brought a huge problem with it, security.
you have to realize php is also incredibly insecure as well. chmod 777 on install instructions? on a shared webhost server? this really was and maybe still is the "thing".
the nature of being able to upload a php file to server on the public docroot makes the language always prone to hacks. sure there have been improvements with things like mod_suexec and fpms but this now makes things that usedto be easy now hard, ie htaccess and rewrite rules.
you have to realize php is also incredibly insecure as well. chmod 777 on install instructions? on a shared webhost server? this really was and maybe still is the "thing".
the nature of being able to upload a php file to server on the public docroot makes the language always prone to hacks. sure there have been improvements with things like mod_suexec and fpms but this now makes things that usedto be easy now hard, ie htaccess and rewrite rules.